“Gratitude opens your heart, and opening your heart is a wonderful and easy way for God to slip in.” –...
We all face storms in life. When storms happen, this can be daunting, because we end up feeling restless and...
“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and...
At this time of year, I experience a flood of mixed emotions, and peace of mind is hard to come...
During long, stressful days, I find it difficult to pause and do the spiritual rituals I need and love. Instead,...
This is the follow-up to LIVING AND DYING WITH CANCER: An introduction to the year the world changed, published last...
Gratitude is a gift of life! A gift that’s continually available and unwrapped simply through being touched emotionally and remaining...
This Given Day These 24 hours were grantedto you, offered as a gift the momentyou opened heavy eyes to the...
When you don’t like where you’re at in life, it’s only natural to search for something that gives you peace...
Brain fog can coincide with medical conditions like anxiety, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. It also strikes independently, often when...
It’s time to get up for breakfast. Mine is a two-tribe household of indoor and outdoor cats, and they are...
One day during the height of the pandemic, I was sitting with Clay, a very dear and infinitely wise 72-year-old...
The year was 2020The world was plagued by a pandemicthat inflicted mass casualties across the landCountless millions watched in horrorAs...
Spiritual materialism may sound like an oxymoron, but it’s a very real concept—and it’s not nearly as uncommon as you...
No other time has this old Yiddish adage proved truer than now. As we all face life in this COVID-19...
With everything going on in the world right now, it’s natural that people are experiencing more anxiety and are having...
It is 2 a.m. on Monday. I am jaded. Rest keeps eluding me. I have been a zombie since I...
What has your thinking looked like for the past hour? How many different things have you thought about? Our minds...
“Just a small piece…” “A little taste won’t hurt…” That’s all it takes. The door has opened. Gooey cake hits...
The online reviews for this motel and the part of the city it’s in are downright scary. But it’s the...
Today, while cleaning out my room, I found my old file folder. Inside, I stored all of my important papers...
It was dark out and we’d been in the thick highway traffic for a couple of hours. Mr. Jones was...
Haruki Murakami is not the typical Japanese writer. His works have long been criticized for not being Japanese enough, and...
A trip to Nagaland in Northeast India was what I’d dreamed about for quite a long time, and it happened last December....
