Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Compassion, Connection, Family, Love, Loyalty

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.

Compassion, Death, Family, Freedom, Goodness, Hope, Life

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~James Baldwin  

Behavior, Character, Compassion

What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

Character, Compassion, Devotion, Gratitude

Dogs…do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith.

Compassion, Kindness, Love

It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble.

Aging, Anxiety, Appreciation, Character, Clarity, Compassion, Courage, Death, Growth, Hanging In There, Inspiration, Life

GAME OVER

I have never reposted a blog before. And if I have it certainly wasn’t two months after the initial publication. But the man who wrote this wonderful blog died suddenly yesterday.  Carl Rahn Griffith was a very insightful man. He came upon some difficult times. He learned a lot and he writes about it with clarity and wisdom. I am reposting it today in his honor and his memory. Take some time, read it, learn from Carl.  And cherish the day… Read More

Character, Compassion, Courage

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Addictions, Appreciation, Clarity, Compassion, Courage

MEMORIAL DAZE

May 19th Tracey and I recorded a podcast with Randy Cohen.  An enjoyable visit with an interesting man. During a break I rather casually mentioned that it was the anniversary of my fathers death.  “Today?  May 19th?” Tracey asked. I answered “Yes, in 1954. Two days before his 60th birthday.”  It had quietly and almost clinically occurred to me. We nodded respectfully and the conversation moved on. It was one of those moments when a memory surprises you by its… Read More

Character, Compassion, Giving Back

I always tell my kids to cut a sandwich in half right when you get it, and the first thought you should have is somebody else. You only ever need half a burger.

Compassion, The Right Stuff

Read everything and be kind.