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Why Elders Smile
When researchers asked people to rank their own well-being, those who rated themselves most highly were individuals from 82 to 85. This startling statistic comes from a column written by David Brook…
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…
S&P Open House / Birthday Celebration
The weekend of March 19 – 20, 2016 was quite a celebratory time for Spirituality & Practice. Patricia Carlson (Senior Editor/Program Director) and I (Creative Director) traveled from our respectiv…
Teaching Moments
Poetry
It is a kind of love, it is not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes . . .
— Pat Schneider in "Patience …
When Love Happens
Jain Wisdom
We can make the sorrow and suffering into a compost out of which the roses of joy can grow.
— Satish Kumar in The Way of Wisdom
Tibetan Wisdom
Peaceful living is about trusti…
What You Do
Literary Wisdom
There's something to be said for sitting still and letting things clear, the way morning fog burns off the lake.
— George Witte, American poet
Medical Wisdom
The small am…
The Sacred in One's Back Yard
Literary Wisdom
All for one and one for all.
— Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers
Prayer
In times of joy or sorrow,
blessed be my tears,
the holy prayers of my heart.
— Edward …
New Love: A Short Shelf Life
In this eye-opening article in The New York Times, Sonya Lyubomirsky reveals some shocking details and insights into marriage. American and European researchers found that the joys and pleasures of …
"Y" is for You
"And who do you
think you are sauntering along
five feet up in the air, the ocean a blue fire
around your ankles, the sun
on your face on your shoulders its golden mouth whispering
(so it seems…
Destined to Fly
Question
Each of us must ask ourselves one question: What am I doing to increase the sum of hope in the world?
— Arthur Burns quoted in Hope Notes by R. Wayne Willis
Mystic Wisdom
If you…