Americans often infuse their holidays with ironic twists: Halloween, a former pagan celebration of fertility, becomes a festival of fear; Easter, traditionally a Christian celebration of spiritual rebirth, is altered to hiding eggs, a pagan fertility symbol. But...
When we clean out the refrigerator, we toss out food with great zeal, intent on finishing the onerous chore and giving no thought to what we are throwing away. Yet, it is important to take a moment to be conscious of what we are discarding. Think of the composition of...
In the heady pace of modern living, sometimes it is difficult to keep a firm hold on those relationships that give heart and meaning to our lives. It seems like we glance away for a split second and suddenly those relationships have fallen an implausible distance...
Proper posture is not only a way to alleviate back pain; it is an eloquent communication revealing how we feel about ourselves and the world and may predict how we will feel in the future. It is common knowledge that our thoughts govern our emotions which then...
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. ~John Burrows The awareness of trees as conscious beings rather than something to harvest for human needs can completely transform how we feel when we walk among them. It makes us...
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