Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

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  

Character, Goodness, Right Action

Believing there’s no God means I can’t really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That’s good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

Goodness, Happiness

In this life, I am always going to choose the positive.

Communication, Compassion, Goodness

THE 60 SECOND HEART ATTACK

  Last Sunday the largest audience in the games history watched the Super Bowl. At the risk of sounding un-American I must admit I missed most of it.   I had tickets to see an old friend in a play so I missed the second half.    What I did observe though was a continuing push from the advertising world to get to our wallets through our hearts. And I really, really like that. In so many ways the world seems to… Read More

Death, Goodness, Right Action

Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.

Emotions, Goodness, Growth

Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.

Friendship, Giving Back, Goodness, Gratitude, Happiness

I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Freedom, Goodness, Living Fully, The Right Stuff

SHE KNEW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS AND SHE TWEETED

America lost one of its great citizens yesterday.  Poet, writer, civil rights activist and all around amazing grace gal Maya Angelou died at the age of 86. Her work touched people across all socio-ecomnomic and racial divides. Though she first became famous for writing about her personal experiences of growing up in the Jim Crow south, her openness, heartfelt prose and ability to wrangle the human experience in her own poetic language touched people all over the world for decades. I… Read More

Goodness, Living Fully, Love, Right Action, Understanding

To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.

DREAMS, Faith, Goodness

I BELIEVE IN BELIEF

This week is the trifecta of Holy Days in the Judea Christian world. We started with Monday and Tuesday being devoted to Passover, the holiest of holy holidays in the Jewish religion. And we end the week with Good Friday and Easter, the high holy days of Christianity. Being somewhat of a spiritual mutt myself I celebrate everything.  I took off my cross, replaced it with my Hamsa and attended a Seder Monday evening.  I will do something to celebrate… Read More