A month ago, after I departed from South Bend, Indiana on a 13-hour car ride filled with the sounds of...
I didn’t think I was a morning person. For decades, I’ve vehemently claimed to be a night owl. Everything changed...
Decades ago, I signed up for a nature trip to the Farallons, a chain of rocky offshore islands and sea...
Garden-making is a joy, essential to my physical and mental well-being. It’s well-documented how nature and plants can revive and...
I’ve been living here for almost seven months now. When I was born, it was early April. The days were...
The Only Moment You Are Alive We long to be everywhere but here. We want to imagine that we will...
Acceptance doesn’t mean simply thinking you’ve accepted your circumstances; it’s a full mind-body experience. The root of human suffering is...
Sunlight gives way to darkness. Snow melts to allow spring flowers to bloom. Rains yield to the summer heat. Leaves...
Change is an ever-present and constant force of nature. When we are resisting change, we are looking to understand and...
“Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too.” – Heinrich Heine, Almansor (1821) Once there were only...
“Go to your room. NOW!” Mom shouted. I had just talked back to her, an out-of-character act for me. But...
In our weekly Mindful Dreams column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics is offering free dream interpretations to The...
T he ability to stay positive is one of the first things to go when we’re going through tough times....
Much-needed peace and quiet I’ve always felt the most content when outdoors and in the wilderness. Growing up in a...
If human beings have demonstrated anything in their somewhat less than glorious history on this planet, it is a reluctance...
1. Moving slowly gives me time to enjoy the view Sometimes I wish I could run fast, such as when...
One of my favourite energy-boosting foods is a green drink—a blended concoction packed with healthy ingredients. The other day my...
Yesterday we went out with friends that we haven’t seen for a long time. The night before, I was wondering...
Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field,...
Be the change that you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi Things change. And friends leave. Life...
THE ROOT OF POLITICAL DISINTEREST: We must act to change the world
With the next federal election set to take place in the fall, I decided that the best way to engage in active citizenship and, to have an impact in my community, was to volunteer for a federal party.
“Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward safe in the knowledge that one day someone...
Adapted from Time in a Bottle: Mastering the Experience of Time by Howard Falco. Fear is one of the most debilitating, negative...
Adapted from Your Redefining Moments: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be by Dennis Merritt Jones. Copyright © 2014 by Dennis Merritt...
