Open every door

August 17, 2014
I open every door. This has been pinned up in my office for more than a decade.  The moment I saw it I had to buy it, because it's how I live. I never made a...

False modesty, self-esteem + knowing yourself

August 16, 2014
One of our friends is famous. Oh, you won't know his name, but if you worked in the highly esoteric field in which he works, you would. He is known for his huge brain...

Why bloggers fail (and how not to)

August 15, 2014
Comments are blogger gold, we're told. It's good to engage readers in dialogue. Dialogue fosters community and communities visit blogs more often than casual...

Is seeing believing?

August 14, 2014
  Some things must be believed before they can be seen. We're used to the way science usually works: We see it, then we believe it. We've all heard that seeing...

Fight the stigma of depression and mental illness

August 13, 2014
Whether you know it or not, mental illness has touched your life. Someone in your circle has a mental illness. You may not know it, but they do. They know it all too...

Pray that peace take root in our troubled world

August 12, 2014
Pray for Peace I must interrupt regularly scheduled programming because the world has gone mad once again and terrorists of all flavors are running rampant, many in the...

Buddha says “Tilt your head back and laugh at the sky...

August 11, 2014
The Buddha sits in our back garden, presiding over the hummingbirds, butterflies, lizards and yes, even little Riley. Buddha means awakened one or enlightened one....

Ebola virus and protective neurosis

August 10, 2014
I'm a world class neurotic, the kind who pulls out the hand sanitizer after the sign of peace at Mass. The kind who wipes the cart handles off at the grocery store....

Not the stuff of romance

August 9, 2014
Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. "The heart wants what the heart wants" is a truism that's driven countless romance novels, because we can all...

Shine on!

August 8, 2014
Look. There's a lot of pain in the world and a whole bunch of it is caused by how people treat one another. We pay lip service to the Golden Rule, but how often do we...

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