If you deny a self-destructive habit, you could cause serious harm to yourself or others. Drunk driving would be a classic example. But in other situations, denial can be good for you. When is denial damaging, and when it it healthy? Continue reading
I sometimes think, ‘This is what God tastes like.’ Some people might think that’s weird, or even that I’m being blasphemous. It doesn’t feel that way to me; it’s an act of worship. It makes me stop to appreciate food more. Continue reading
I calculate that I am among the luckiest 2% of humans who have ever lived. Check this list and see where you stack up. I have always had food, a decent apartment, and a comfortable bed. How many can say … Continue reading
In one celebrated case from Ethiopia, a pride of lions came across a group of men who had kidnapped a teenage girl, possibly for sale in the sex trade.. The lions ran the men off and sat around the girl until people came to find her. Then they quickly left. What explains their behavior? What can we learn from them about ourselves? Continue reading
“Do not judge my story by the chapter you happened to walk in on.” – Linda Dilworth. When you see someone who is old, or disabled, or in poverty or crazy, that is not their whole story. Often, if we knew the whole story, we would be amazed and moved. Continue reading
“Nothing in the world is as soft, as weak, as water. Nothing else can wear away the hard, the strong and remain unaltered. Soft overcomes hard Weak overcomes strong. Everybody knows it Nobody uses the knowledge.” Lao-Tzu, Chapter 78 “We … Continue reading
Sometimes, people may look bad but may like things the way they are. Always ask what they want before injecting yourself into their lives. Continue reading
Jamison looked over and realized that “every black circle and square on Schou’s family tree represented someone who helped save my life.” Continue reading
At the personal, social or international level, our sense of being separate individuals adrift in an uncaring world drives us to seek control, when what we usually need is connection. Continue reading
