Mar 07
Do you have a list of things you try to avoid? We usually want to avoid things that are bad for us. Even though I enjoy a lot of things that are bad for me, I still maintain a list of ‘avoidables’. I try to avoid most of the usual enemies of happiness and long life: …
Mar 05
What did we ever do before there was the ‘undo’ button? Those of us who grew up with vinyl records were thrilled when we could use the ‘rewind’ button when listening to tapes. Now that’s all ancient technology. But the ‘undo’ button goes way beyond the ability to rewind. Not only do we get to …
Mar 04
This is not your ordinary skyline picture. For our family, it represents one of the most painful moments in our lives. This picture was taken during the fourth of five major pain milestones in the loss of our teenage son, Elijah. Some of you reading this will identify with those milestones. Some will be better …
Mar 01
We all have things we’re afraid of. Your list will be different than my list, but most of us can easily name things we fear the most. In general terms, we fear such things as illness, pain, death, financial ruin, personal failure and loneliness. For the sake of simplicity I’ll call those human fears. Human fears …
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