The difference between a mean word and a kind word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. The Roman Statesman, Cato The Elder (BC 234-149), taught “Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.” When was the last time you thought about the power of speech? When speaking, are you
Why do we exist? Not for ourselves, but for one another. This is what great thinkers have taught, whether it was Thomas Merton (more than 30 years ago) or Marcus Aurelius (over 2,000 years ago). However, you don’t have to be a great thinker to realize this. Common sense is all that is necessary. After
What is PRUDENCE? To some, it is merely a woman’s name. To the Catholic Church, it is one of the four cardinal or seven heavenly virtues. To the Roman satirical poet Decimus Junius Juvenalis (65 ~ 128 AD), it is a shield that protects one from harm. And to the Persian poet Sadi (1184 ~
Ah, life. I can’t live without it! You probably feel the same way. What is this stuff called life that we long for ? Well, life is not meant not to be analyzed, dissected with logic, or torn apart with questions. After all, “By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the
A reader has some questions about a paragraph I wrote in the past: “Beauty is an experience, not a label. In ordinary conversation, when we say someone is beautiful, we imply that someone else is ugly. Beware of labels because they prevent us from experiencing reality directly. Sensory data reaching our brains are not supposed
A reader in South Africa has two questions about the “Law of Attraction,” which he learned about in the book and DVD, “The Secret.” He explains, “I consider this an important law and have experienced success with it. Why do some people dismiss the book and DVD as nonsense and others find the law doesn’t
