“We found that the happiest people take pleasure in other people’s successes and show concern in the face of others’ failures. A completely different portrait, however, has emerged of a typical unhappy person—namely, as someone […]
Becoming
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves […]
Understanding
The world isn’t just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn’t that make life a story?” ― Yann Martel, Life […]
Inviting Ordinary
“But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it.” Carl got that brooding look again. “People forget that robes were street clothes once… and still are, in a […]
More
More is tough. If we obsess over more we often end up appreciating less. If we accept meidocricity and forgo effort then we sink into struggle instead of rising from it. We often need the […]
I Surrender: 48 Humbling Hours
“We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.”― Eric Micha’el Leventhal Motherhood is full of rich, deep irony. Monday started out promising. I had a call with Dr. Margaret […]
My Fitness Numbers: The Beginning
“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.” ― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of […]
