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Nov 11, 20248 min read

Message from a Vet - Be a Hero: Stop the Fight and Start the Quest

There is what I would call the hero journey, the night sea journey, the hero quest, where the individual is going to bring forth in his...

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Sep 30, 20248 min read

Mysterious Stuff: Theology of Health, Strange Stories, Unusual Factors, Cancer as a Turning Point and Living Your Values

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious . It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion...

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Aug 2, 20246 min read

Thoughts on “Bad Things”: A Hodgepodge for our Pockets?

"Adversity, in whatever form, can teach us valuable lessons and make us stronger if we have the courage to face it." Elizabeth Smart,...

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Jul 3, 20244 min read

Good Ways to Celebrate Our Independence

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the...

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Jun 22, 20247 min read

Relationships, Flourishing, and Seeing With Our Autobiography

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend. He...

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Mar 14, 20244 min read

How To Get Lucky: the Research and Practice

When it comes to luck, make your own. – Bruce Springsteen I love the research on luck. It started for me when I first read The Luck...

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Dec 9, 20236 min read

Who Starts It? How? Why?

Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped. Carl Sagan Two of our granddaughters recently spent the...

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Jul 24, 20223 min read

Picking Pleasure Or Purpose

“…I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”...

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