Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.
01861 – Who Receives More Flowers?
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01729 – What is Wisdom?
Wisdom is not merely knowing the right answers. It's about living rightly. from The Wisdom Pyramid
01701 – I’m Still Here & Now I Get It
Look, the world loves us when we are good, better, best, but this is the time when you want to stop feeling guilty that you are not living your best life, now. We’re not always doing mountaintop yoga. I used to have my own delusion of living my own best life...
01688 – Are Others Happy because of You?
Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it...
01648 – When We Come To It
We, this people, on this small and drifting planet Whose hands can strike with such abandon That in a twinkling, life is sapped from the living Yet those same hands can touch with such healing, irresistible tenderness That the haughty neck is happy to bow And the...
01568 – Gremlins We Meet
The enemies of living our calling are fear and lethargy. They are the gremlins we meet at the foot of our bed every morning.
01531 – The Holy Spirit: Presence of God
The Holy Spirit is the unrestricted presence of God in which our life wakes up, becomes wholly and entirely living, and is endowed with the energies of life.
01467 – Live Each Day as a Holy Adventure
[Re: 2020 Covid-19 pandemic] This is not lost time in which nothing happens. This is the time of your life and you need to live it fully each day. If we take each day as an opportunity for growth, we’ll always remember this time and the values we learned during this...
01422 – The Collateral Damages of Living
Everyone around you; the people you share the grocery store line with, pass in traffic, sit next to at work, encounter on social media, and see across the kitchen table--are all experiencing the collateral damage of living.
01369 – Sadness & Joy: Cause & Effect
Jesus beatifies mourning, not moping. He does not counsel the long face. He does, however, bless real sadness, a state that can as easily coexist with an outwardly happy life as do all the other normal contradictions of living. (The deepest joy may reside in persons...