When I was in elementary school, I earned the responsibility of serving as a crosswalk safety captain. I wore a white strap around my...

* “Gratitude turns what we have into enough"  (Aesop - https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/appreciate-what-you-have.html ). *  ”What...

“Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feelin' groovy” (...

How do we move through life each day, each week, each month with intention, curiosity, style, and grace?   Three key aspects make the...

Soon, well-meaning people in your life will start asking you: What are going to be your New Year’s resolutions?  What are your goals for...

During the winter holiday season, many people sang about “Joy to the world.”  Rule # 6 in the Marie Kondo method of decluttering says,...

Have you ever been alone but were not lonely and didn’t feel lonesome?  I truly have never felt lonely or lonesome even though I spend a...

“I expect you to have this room cleaned by the time I get home today.” “My expectation is that you pull your own weight around here.” ...

On Christmas Day in 1977, the Mel Brooks film High Anxiety , was released. [To watch the trailer for the film, open this link: ...

Close your eyes. Think about the winter holidays of your past.  What triggers your memories?  What smells, sounds, tastes, touches, and...

[reworked since it’s first publication in March 2022] A new year will soon be born, full of unexpected pleasures and challenges, full of...

Saturnaliae bona vobis! Happy winter solstice! Hoping your heart gets lighter as the days get brighter. Merry / Happy Christmas! While...

How did we go from Halloween to Christmas overnight?  What happened to Thanksgiving Day in the USA coming, in importance, before...

Recently, I wrote about learning to yield when something doesn’t go our way.  Yielding starts inside us first and then migrates outside...

What challenge is more effective: one your boss or other entity issues or forces on you or one you define for yourself?  Even if you...

From the Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher c. 500 BC, “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away...

Halloween, Hallowe’en, Allhalloween, Allhallowtide, All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints’ Eve: whatever you call it, people from the USA are...

I’m a believer in what I think manifests in my life.  If I choose not to embrace anger and resentment, I’ll create the opposite.  If I...

Everywhere you go, you hear people talking about the economy. People complain about the THE ECONOMY/the economy and sometimes they don’t...

A friend used to say, “You are changed by the company you keep and the books you read.”  While I do not fully agree that I’m truly...