THIS HOUSE MAY BE TORNADO PROOF, but what about earthquakes, hurricanes or bombs?  Can we build anything that will keep us safe from everything?  No.  And while I’m all for doing whatever we can do to keep ourselves safe, at some point, we need to accept things over which we have no control.  We need to do everything within our power to address climate...

MOTHER’S DAY, like most holidays, can be joyous or sad, and often both.  If all of your children are happy, healthy, can stand on their own two feet, and love you, it’s a happy day!  Even if your children live many miles away, (one of my sons is in South Africa today), if you know they love you and you have many happy memories together, it’s a...

ONE OF MY TOP 5 FAVORITE BOOKS,  Benjamin Hoff’s classic,  THE TAO OF POOH, and the companion text, THE TE OF PIGLET, illuminates the key concepts of Taoism through the Winnie the Pooh characters.  His relaxed, conversational style fits one of the main principles of Taoism, we wei wu wei, or “effortless doing”, and pu, the concept of being open...

WE ALL HAVE TO EARN A LIVING, but how much of a living do we need? When corporations lay off thousands of employees, then turn around and give their CEO an annual bonus of millions, why isn’t anyone outraged? Jonas Salk is just one example of putting the common good above greed.  Not all of us can be or should be Mother Teresa, but we can find a balance...

HARD TO BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD WASTE INK CRITICIZING MOTHER TERESA, but apparently, Serge Larivee of the University of Montreal’s department of psychoeducation, was one of the researchers that spent time and energy doing just that.  It makes me wonder what good they could have done in the world with that time, energy and money, if they had looked around for...

TODAY I’M GRATEFUL FOR CLEAN, HOT WATER.  Showers, baths, dishes, rinsing all the soap out of my hair.  Once you have clean, cool water to drink, hot water at your fingertips is a true luxury that many people in the world can only imagine. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe