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Scratch the Surface and Find Love Everyday Spirituality Scratch the surface of every good thing in the world, and you'll find love. Generosity: Love of giving freely Listening: Love of tuning in Keeping Promises: Love of follo…
An Unexpected Path to Heroism By Sharon Lin for KidSpirit’s issue on The Heroic Spirit. Interfaith Connections is a column for teens to dialogue about how their faith or wisdom tradition influences their view of life’s bi…
Blessed Nostalgia My mother, Virginia McDaniel, loved Perry Como. I grew up watching her listen to him sing and listening along with her. ​I loved and love his voice, and I love the image of my mom loving his voice…
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…
Happy Anniversary to the Thurmans Having just celebrated 48 years of marriage with Mary Ann, I was delighted to see Penelope Green's article in The New York Times about the fifty-year marriage of Buddhist scholar and activist Robert…
Moments of Happiness Mystic Wisdom It only takes a moment for God to enrich you. — Thomas Keating in Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer
Yellow: The Feeling of Mindfulness By Olivia Bailey for KidSpirit's Happiness issue. It’s Thursday, the best day of the week, no question. Thursday is the day my mindfulness group meets, which means that at 11:15 a.m. I get to l…
A Prayer in Awe of Mamoudou Gassama's Spontaneous Courage What we do in emergency situations speaks volumes about who we are, as 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama's courage and quick reflexes show. Upon seeing a child dangling from a fifth-storey Paris apartmen…
Five Ways to Make It Easier for Men to Channel Empathy and Compassion Men and boys are responsible for most of the violence in the United States, and many educators, politicians, and spiritual leaders are hoping that something can be done to lessen this dangerous form…
The Wholeness of Nature By Katie Reis in KidSpirit's Myth & Magic issue. I’m not a religious person. I was baptized a Catholic but slowly realized that many of Catholicism’s beliefs and principles did not fit my own…