Everything I have learned in life that has mattered, I learned from my children. They are the “sacred Yes” about whom Nietzsche spoke. In positive psychology we study strengths. This is good and valuable and has taught us so much about people at their best, and about life’s luminous moments. …
Readers respond: Our wishes tell us something about what it means to be human. If you had one wish for the world, your family or yourself, what would it be? More here and a video here.
A question for you: Goodness is all around us all the time. What is one thing this week that confirmed or restored your faith in humanity? (Photo credit aaron gilson, made available via a creative commons license.)
To many people, this post will not make any sense. It has been several years now since my aunt died. She never went to college. She was heavy. She had human problems. But, dispatch for the local fire department, the whole community came together when she died. Every strong and…
As a poet and reader, I love words. As a child “dyslexicly” trying to make sense of inky scribblings and smudges on paper, I fell in love with the majesty of language. I was amazed at the way words can create whole new worlds and change the contours of how…