Most of us are eager for our kids to be happy. We focus on creating happiness in them, guide them toward adult paths we believe will lead to happiness, and give them pep talks…

Am currently buried in an astonishing, Pulitzer-winning book Barbara Kingsolver rightfully described as “Monumental – a gigantic fable of genuine truths.” The book tells the story of nine very different people who converge at story’s…

Just finished reading all about the Nxivm sex slave trial. Before that, we were captivated by the Netflix series on sexual abuse (and perhaps murder) involving the Baltimore diocese of the Catholic church. Prior…

Each of us knows that person who is thin-skinned, hypersensitive, forever waiting for his/her buttons to be pushed, right? Of course you do. He/she gazes back at you in the mirror each day. Ah…

A few words on coincidence, kismet, synchronicity – those curious little breadcrumbs some higher intelligence seemingly sprinkles throughout our lives in hopes, I suppose, of leading us to a greater truth. Mostly because I’ve…

We imagine that the so-called ‘spiritual path’ is principally reserved for the world’s sufferers. The miserable set out to find themselves or the truth or God or whatever, so that they can put an…