After a certain amount of time has passed after a traumatic event, the music starts back up and people get on with their lives. It’s up to you to decide if you’re going to jump back into the party or dwell in solitude, nursing your wounds.
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Simplicity: a lesson from children
Children are the wisest instructors without even knowing it. We just have to be smart enough to ay attention to […]
Look to the sun
I will not disappoint you, Henry David Thoreau
I’m trying to de-clutter my life, but it’s hard. One 360-degree glance around our home, and I see that […]
Maintaining a marriage (a celebration of nine years together)
Nine years ago today, Maria and I became girlfriend and girlfriend. We’d been dating for about a month before she […]
If you’re not happy, change something
This graphic is both accurate and absurd to me. Happiness isn’t that simple, but yet it is. We might […]
Martin Luther King Jr. chose to love
Since the dawn of time, good has been combated by evil. Martin Luther King Jr. fought hate with love by being an […]
Different roads can lead to happiness
Wishing happiness for others
In order to achieve the highest form of happiness, we must first wish it for others. I wish everyone well, […]
May we all be well, happy and peaceful
As I work toward being more compassionate, I found this lovely Buddhist meditation to repeat to myself as […]