Depending on who is being asked, defining beauty can be expressed in numerous ways. We can find it in a sunset, a baby, a child, on a magazine cover and on the big screen at the movies. Defining beauty is not always simple however, it is said to be in the eye of the beholder. […]
We forget as we move through life. Walking through doors causes us to forget, according to the findings of a recent study published by Scientific American. The study suggests that when we walk through a doorway we forget details about things we carried with us from the prior room. The study had participants focus on […]
We are now almost two weeks into this year. It is already soon enough to see how it is shaping up. Most of the holiday hurriedness has dissolved. Friends and relatives have returned to their respective homes. You and I get to chart the course. We can determine what the end will look like by […]
We all have a desire to live our best life. You can write your way to improved health in 2014 by rewriting some of your story, your life story. With pen, paper and a few moments in about a week you may be able to change what has been a tragic or crippling incident into […]
Very shortly the ball will drop at Times Square in New York, “Auld Lang Syne” will be sung and we will move to a new calendar year. We will close a chapter on our lives known as 2013. Most will have experienced new learnings, the dawning of new friendships, births, weddings, parties, and travel. Among […]
When you wish for something it is probably because you really want it. A Christmas wish is a special kind of a wish. Many have waited all year for that day to come so that they can get what they want and believe they deserve. The time spent wishing and hoping prevents many from […]
Over the past several days, we have heard much about Nelson Mandela. The Internet, print and televised media have flooded us with responses to news of his transition from this life. A vital fact that I have yet to see highlighted is that you share DNA with Nelson Mandela. Yes, whomever you are wherever you […]
Getting through the holidays at the end of the calendar year can stretch us. The extra rich foods, the enticement of shopping and the encounters with family, can cause us to become tired. Not like you need more sleep tired; the like you need something significant to change in your life kind of tired. This year […]
The yoke pictured here is associated with the joining of two working animals that bear a heavy load. Humans frequently take on the role of beasts of burden. There is a way to carry a yoke that is easy. Envisioning humans being linked together in a device like this one may seem unthinkable however, when we can […]
Insanity, “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results” the definition credited to Albert Einstein. None of us wants to be insane, by any definition of the word. Nonetheless this form of insanity is self-induced. The carousel of doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is what happens […]