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What It Takes to Say "Yes" to Life We are big fans of Victor M. Parachin, author of Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds and Eleven Modern Mystics and the Secrets of a Happy, Holy Life. In his blog dharmaroundup.com, he shares the follow…
The Multiple Benefits of Optimism In an article in The Guardian, Luisa Dillner states that optimism is linked to health benefits and makes people more resilient. A recent paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology shares the find…
Shut Up, Legs By Oscar Luckett for KidSpirit’s Heritage issue. Maybe it was because I was only seven years old, but my patience level was near zero. When my dad finally came around the bend of that Montauk r…
Dealing with Resilience Fatigue In a Wall Street Journal article dated February1, 2022, "Still Feeling Pandemic Miserable? There Are Ways to Dig Out," Alex Janin takes a cogent look at the findings of the General Social Survey con…
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…
"H" is for Hope To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. —Audrey Hepburn To plant a garden is to practice hope. When we dare to plant a garden — and it does take daring! — we embody the kind of …
In Praise of Failures and Mediocrities It's possible to stumble upon as essay on the Internet that shakes you to the core. That's what happened when I came across "In Praise of Bad Art (And Bad Saints)" on the Faith and Theology website …
A Positive Look Ahead There is a dark spirit alive in the consciousness and conversations of the American people. Although many participated in the women's marches and were elated by the turnout and the solidarity of tho…
The Spaciousness of Uncertainty In the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act. — Rebecca Solnit In her book Hope in the Dark, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit argues a strong and eloquent case for uncertainty. Un…
Approaching the Value of Life By Elías Viveros Known as one of the most difficult concepts to define, life could be described as any form of existence that includes a cycle of birth, development, reproduction, and death.