Empathy/kindness is seemingly in short supply. Isolation and tribalism are rampant. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like us, but find it easy to dislike them. Some studies show that we are less caring than we were even thirty years ago–wonder why. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate–even …
I SO love this timely rendition of the “Night Before Christmas” sent to me by my friend. When a poem can help put things into a welcome perspective, as this does–the enlightenment can be welcome and virally contagious (oops–too much?) . T’was 2 weeks before Christmas, and all through the town, people wore masks, that …
Even though many of us are not gathering as usual this Thanksgiving, I would like to share the “God Box” concept with you once again to help decrease worry and anxiety. About 10 years ago, while attending a spirituality conference in the Colorado mountains, l was and am still thankful for having been introduced to …
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Admittedly, I feel exhausted–if losing two of our well-known heroes, Alex Trebek of “Jeopardy”, and Sean Connery of ‘James Bond’ weren’t enough, how about the super tense political environment, or last but certainly not least, the seemingly endless and growing pandemic–much healing is in order. Related to our political environment, the following timely words of …
Can you believe it’s almost Halloween and soon Thanksgiving and Christmas. What a whirlwind year 2020 has been–hard to believe we’ve been dealing with this Pandemic for 7 months now. Admittedly, some days it feels like years, but in other ways I feel like I’m still in denial–hoping to wake up one day realizing it …
