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Many years ago, I asked my mother “What’s the most important part of being a good parent.” She smiled drawing on the wisdom gained from raising six kids and said, “Make sure that your children know they are loved. Cherish them and the rest will work itself out.”...

For a millennium, humans have observed the passage of time, the cycle of the seasons, the waxing and waning of the moon, the rise and fall of the tides; and we have recognized that we too are a part of this march of time. We know that, like each year that passes, our...

One of my favorite things to do when time and resources allow is to travel the world. When you explore other parts of the country and the world, you encounter so many different cultures, cuisines and beliefs. These experiences help us to realize that our differences...

In this season of giving, psychiatrist and renowned authority in consciousness research David Hawkins offers a gift idea worth paying attention to: “Make a gift of your life by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and...

It is amazing what love can do. How strong and resilient and determined and kind it is. How it enables us to endure difficulties and find our True North in the middle of the inevitable storms of life. Sometimes it almost feels like . . . magic. Author Lauren Oliver...

A beautiful poem about hope. Hope not only for the future but for the past. Do you have hope for the future? Someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end. Yes, and even for the past, he replied, That it will turn out to have been all right For what it was, something we...

Thanksgiving is a time to pause and reflect upon all of the things that fill our lives with joy and meaning. The love and loyalty of family and friends. The fulfillment of meaningful work. The thrill of adventure. The beauty of the natural world. The way that art and...