A Jar of Thanks
I keep a large jar on my dining room table, along with a small box filled with blank strips of paper. Whenever something good happens to...
Reinventing Your Life
I have an interesting assortment of friends. One woman I knew in Nepal now paints murals on the walls of underserved communities in...
What Raising a Family in 7 Different Countries Does to You
I raised my family while living abroad in seven different countries. That doesn’t include the countries I lived in or visited before...
Bad News: When Media Reports Scare Children
Yesterday’s horrific and senseless mass-shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in American history, has left people shaken and questioning....
Can You Time Travel? Memories Cross Years, Miles and Cultures...
Can you time travel? I can. I can’t control it, of course - though I certainly wish I could - but it happens on a fairly regular basis....
Awareness, Practice, Mastery
It's the way we learn... He was big for his age, with chubby cheeks and bright blue glasses. He summoned all his four-year-old courage...
When I Want to Roar...
Some time ago I met a young boy who was very angry. He sat among the other children in the activity room at the tumor hospital, but...
Bloom Where You're Planted or Find a New Field?
Friends and family who’ve known me always suspected me of being a serial killer, as least when it comes to plants. They routinely ended...
Spoiler Alert: This Strange Thing We Call Life
If you prefer to only handle life as it unfolds without any heads-up whatsoever, perhaps reading this warrants a spoiler alert....
