We become like those we spend the most time with, whose presence occupies our mind…
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It’s amazing what you can learn about someone when you give them an opportunity to…
If you read history, it is abundantly clear that mental health issues have always plagued…
Do not make a final judgment about a work in progress. Creator Villa
Strength isn’t having the last word. It’s being free in a situation from the need…
You were born into world as a blank canvas. I have done my best in…
Sometimes the emotional scars of living become so wrapped up in our identity that we…
The purpose of vacation is emotional rejuvenation. The idea is for an individual to take…
I see at least two ways of interpreting this statue: one, the sacrifice parents make…
Many cultures across time and space practiced ancestral worship. Some still do today, as we…
Conflict is an inevitable fact of human affairs. A life without interpersonal conflict is no…
The sequence in the title comes from a famous Bedouin proverb. The Bedouin were militarized…
Most people take for granted that “Love is all you need.” But when it boils…
I’ve made a point of periodically sharing quality music with an uplifting message that I…
The world is more connected now than ever before. Within seconds we can get in…
Most of us have a desire to influence others on some level. Maybe we feel…
There are clues for living well everywhere you turn. Many of the same principles that…
Everybody wants to be a warrior. But nobody really knows what that means. Toughness, as…
Growing up in a single-parent home has affected my life in extraordinary ways. I am…
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Kobe was a 5-time NBA champion and Oscard award-winner for his short film “Dear Basketball.”…
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
Note to Reader: I wrote the following article a few weeks ago and had it…
Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog’s aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. Rjis applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.
Ask 100 people on the street what separates a man from a boy and you…
This article is the second of a five-part series of talks delivered by Steve Harvey…
Few things can create instant happiness and serve as a constant token of gratitude better…
How many times have we reacted in the heat of the moment and lived to…
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
Most people see helping others as a necessary but undesirable fact of community life. We…
Sometimes we need help from others. And sometimes others need help from us. Whether it’s…
In 1999, Jordan Belfort pleaded guilty to fraud for stock market manipulation and related crimes…
What is it about me that others would change if they could?
Your children are not your children.⠀ They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
In this article I will say something that flies in the face of conventional wisdom.…
Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength. . . Psalm…
While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he…
