Etch the right sketch

June 4, 2012 | 6 comments

Have you ever played with an Etch-A-Sketch®?  I did when I was a kid. Image from How Stuff Works It was very liberating for bumbling, yet aspiring artists, because whenever a mistake was made, one could shake the apparatus, erase the

Be water; not gasoline

June 1, 2012 | 3 comments

If someone starts to pick an argument or verbal fight, do you respond with water or gasoline? Fights between persons are like fires. They typically start with a spark. The spark finds fuel and grows into a flame, and if

Traits worth giving up

May 31, 2012 | 2 comments

Here’s an article I valued reading: “15 things you should give up in order to be happy” It is prolific with New Age philosophy, focused on self, rather than divine Mind, but still offers useful wisdom that contributes to conquering

Improve tomorrow

May 30, 2012 | 2 comments

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.   ~ Paul Boese   So often people mistakenly believe forgiveness is about the other person. But it rarely is. It’s about us. It’s so important to forgive

A parable of two pebbles

May 29, 2012 | 6 comments

Many years ago, in a small Chinese village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a local rich man.  The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer’s beautiful daughter. So he proposed