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It's so easy to fall into the trap of knowledge. I've done it many times. The attractiveness of the idea of wisdom, and the hope that wisdom brings peace, tends to cause me to be arrogant – and arroga...

I walked outside this morning, as I oft do, to enjoy the morning with my fresh brewed black coffee. I saw there were several leaves on my round glass table. They're from the old maple tree, a few yard...

I've fallen out of the habit of writing. Not completely; I still write a few poems a week and attend a local writers' group meeting. The novel writers' class I've been in is starting back next Monday....

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. – Aristotle
If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from...

It's a simple question. But it's not always so easy to answer. Especially when we're feeling less than our best.
I remember a time walking on the beach. I was confused about the relationship I was in...

Failure is inevitable, but fleeting

“When life knocks you down you have two choices – stay down or get up.” – Tom Krause
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other...

Love is everything;
But more simply...
That which connects,
Me to you.
The world is changing. Many of us are on paths of awakening, paths to higher awareness of our enlightenment. All the traditions ...

We are curiosity. Our imaginative natures and our desire for the comfort of understanding intersect, creating in us the want to figure it all out, to discover and cling to some simple formula or credo...

Publishing changed significantly about 550 years ago with Gutenberg's innovative movable type printing press. The entire paradigm shifted with the reduction of labor and associated costs. No longer wo...

Most successful people aren't successful because of one brilliant idea. Success comes from the diligent and persistent pursuit of our dreams. After we've learned the way the universe works, after we'v...