Give Thanks Today - Keep Doing It for 365 More Days; It Will Change Your Life
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart Dr. Christopher Peterson tells...
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Nov 158 min read
Tennessee Wisdom: Beware of Snootiness
Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen? I just don’t understand.” That’s...
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Nov 79 min read
Self-Help For Society: We Must Not Be Enemies
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of...
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Oct 197 min read
How the Theory of Buckets and Dippers (and Lids) Works: 3 Rules for Happiness and a Test of Donald O. Clifton's Ideas
Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships. Dr....
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Sep 308 min read
Mysterious Stuff: Theology of Health, Strange Stories, Unusual Factors, Cancer as a Turning Point and Living Your Values
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious . It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion...
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Sep 279 min read
Kindness, Cookies, and Milk... and All We Ever Really Need to Know
And it is still true, no matter how old you are -- when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. Robert...
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Aug 187 min read
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...
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Aug 77 min read
Revenge OR Turn the Other Cheek - What Does That Mean? Maybe Not What We Think
You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes on on the...
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Jul 227 min read
"Born Bad": Can We Adopt A More Helpful, Accurate, and Life-Giving Story?
"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...
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Jun 227 min read
Relationships, Flourishing, and Seeing With Our Autobiography
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend. He...
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Jun 115 min read
Father's Day - Forgiveness and Not Drinking The Poison
"Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat, "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
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Jun 46 min read
Blessed Are the Curious For They Shall Have Adventures
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies...Abraham Lincoln. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not...
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May 296 min read
Suffering, Empathy, and The Parable of The Mustard Seed
For each event, use mindfulness, a sense of common humanity, and kindness to process the event in a self-compassionate way. Dr. Kristin...
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May 145 min read
Vulnerability, FEAR, and Sharing Our Common Humanity
“The practice of spirituality is a way of looking at a world where you're not alone.” — Rick Rubin, author of The Creative Act: A Way of...
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May 104 min read
Belonging To Each Other
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa An acquaintance’s obituary was published...
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Apr 305 min read
"Life's Too Good Not to Be Happy": Voices of Resilience (and Hope)
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." Bob Marley, singer Last week we were visiting with some...
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Mar 306 min read
What's a Symbol of Your Religion?
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, first black woman in congress A...
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Mar 196 min read
The Amen Effect And Beyond
There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion. Matthieu Ricard A couple of months...
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Mar 88 min read
The Hero's Journey For Real, Take One
“Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...
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Jan 13 min read
A Good Resolution for Us All?
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. —...
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