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The Joy of Old Age
"At 80, one can take in the long view and have a vivid, lived sense of history not possible at an earlier age," writes Oliver Sacks, professor of neurology at the N.Y.U. School of Medicine and the a…
Smiling as Mouth Yoga
How we marvel at the delightful smile of an infant; there's little we won't do to win another one! As we grow older the act of smiling changes into a complex nonverbal interchange; a smile is part o…
Light on the Path
Song
If changes are to come
there are things
that must be done
And a song is somewhere to begin.
— "Somewhere to Begin" by T. R. Ritchie, sung by Sara Thomsen
Artistic Wisdom
Flowers …
Being Tolerant of the Unsmiling
Why we should be more tolerant of those who never smile.
"Yogananda Paramahamsa has a beautiful suggestion for thawing the arctic state of our feelings; it is for all of us to become smile milliona…
A Prayer for Fulfillment at Work
God of All Situations, we grow up believing that having a job is not only what we are supposed to do, but that it will be good for us.
Survey: Only 38.5 percent of Americans feel fulfilled by th…
More Sleep Means More Happiness
Improving your sleep quality is as beneficial to your well-being as winning the lottery. This is a finding in a report appearing in ScienceDaily.com by Dr. Nicole Tang from the Department of Psychol…
Bhutan's Model of Gross National Happiness
In an article written for the National Catholic Reporter, Joan Chittister recalls seeing a road sign when she was in Bhutan in June. It said: "Start early / Drive slowly / Arrive safely." She immedi…
Always There Is Hope
Transformational Wisdom
Conversation is the way we discover how to transform the world, together.
— Margaret Wheatley in Turning to One Another
Psychological Wisdom
Thinking people welco…
Fertility Ritual for Creativity
At the end of our Forgiveness salon, I asked my guests for suggestions of what rituals they wanted to explore next. A writer in the group asked for a fertility ritual for creativity. That really cau…
Celebrating Diwali
By Prerna Chaterjee for KidSpirit’s Rituals and Traditions issue.
The autumn sun warmed up my bare arms and legs. Looking up, I saw the turquoise sky and the ragged clouds. I walked to the othe…
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