The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea. Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that…
“Fake it ‘til you make it” is common advice. But what do you do when you make it? Do we ever really make it? And if you do, how do you live with yourself for…
The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn’t get mad. She weaves and repairs it. Space is something that you have to define. Otherwise, it is like…
From the government shutdown to the looming tax season, it’s no wonder Marie Kondo has sparked a hit with her new Netflix series this year. Every day is filled with more to do, even if…
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world. Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything. Sports do not build character. They…
Whether it’s for a new job or that perfect partner, patience is both something that’s easy to loathe and hard to practice. It’s the boiled broccoli of virtues. Consider this month’s reader request: My job…
My hope rises when I find that the inner heart of a human being may remain pure, notwithstanding some corruption of the outer coverings. For what is done or learned by one class of women…
