The dangerous delusion that you won’t age

December 3, 2025
aging
Friends are astonished that we have put a deposit down on a retirement community---even those our age. "Why are you doing that now?" they ask. "It's too early!...
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Let’s not kid ourselves: it’s self-interest

December 1, 2025
self-interest
Let’s just admit it: self-interest drives more of human behavior than we like to acknowledge. Scratch the surface of almost any decision, and you’ll find...
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3 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion

Why two sides can’t always be right

November 24, 2025
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Why Both Sides Can’t Always Be Right We live in a time when in some circles it’s claimed that “two opposing things can both be right” or that “there are...
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Why we love the fantasy of royalty

November 10, 2025
royalty
Why Americans Love the Fantasy of Royalty It’s one of history’s little ironies: Americans broke away from monarchy, yet centuries later, we can’t seem to get...
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Does America love guns more than it loves its children?

November 6, 2025
love-guns-more
Does America love guns more than it loves its children? It sure appears so. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. America’s obsession with guns isn’t just...
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Why the lies we tell ourselves are so dangerous

October 27, 2025
lies-we-tell
If you ask most people whether they lie, they’ll insist they don’t.  And in a way, they’re right—many of us aren’t in the habit of telling big, bold lies...
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Can we hold differences gently when hatred burns?

October 17, 2025
differences
Someone recently said to another, "Thank you for holding our differences with such gentleness." Thing is, I know people who feel hatred and a desire to harm others...
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4 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion

Life after disability: can it be a new kind of wholeness?

October 7, 2025
life-after-disability
We’re not always prepared for the ways life shifts. One day, we move through the world as we always have—walking with ease, using our hands without thinking,...
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When they don’t read the room

September 18, 2025
read-the-room
I've run across a number of cringeworthy situations recently where people fail to "read the room." What does that mean? It means understanding the vibe of the...
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It’s not that we don’t know each other. It̵...

September 14, 2025
don't-know
I saw a CNN interview two nights ago with some radio show host, who said “Both political sides hate each other, but that's because they don’t know each...
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