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Quick Now: What Are Your Pillars For Living the Good Life?

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy This past week I...

The Strenuous Pleasure Of The Body Moving Through The Fraught and Holy Air

I sometimes ran with a copy of Dr. Thaddeus Kostrubala's "The Joy of Running" in my backpack.... David Allan, CNN, The Wisdom Project Dr....

Why Did I Do That!? How To Switch That Question And WISE Up

"Know thyself” - well-known philosophical maxim originating in ancient Greece How can we be wiser? Particularly how can we be wiser with...

Want World Peace? A Better Relationship Harvest? Try More Farming

"It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn." B. C. Forbes, Scottish-American...

Choosing To See The Gift

"When you persuade yourself that you "get to do something rather than "have to," you can find a silver lining." Josh King...

Messiness and Being Messed With

"There's more here, sir, than meets the eye." John Galsworthy's book, The Man of Property, when the inspector looks over the dead body...

All We Really Need To Know

"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" Matthew 22: 36 (New Testament, Christian Bible, New Revised Standard Version...

Want to Age Well? Pay Attention To Your Elders

“Blessed is the society that has oldies.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great! We can live with gusto into our eighties and...

Life, Truth, Fairness - It's Tricky

“In this treacherous world/Nothing is the truth nor a lie./Everything depends on the color/Of the crystal through which one sees it.” ―...

A Flexible Mind May Help Us All Flourish

It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. Mark Twain. The interaction starts...