The Five Truths
Just recently I was asked to give a presentation to a group of problem gamblers and accompanying family members, all of whom were participating in an outpatient treatment program in… Read More
How to Have a Happy Day
In a previous article, I introduced the idea of the other voice–an inner knowing or truth that arises from fearlessness and stillness. I say “the other voice” because although this… Read More
What Are You Waiting For?
I was recently reminded of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Most everyone is familiar with this story. It is a great adventure, but there is also… Read More
Cry Out Your Grief
Well over a half-million people in the United States have died of Covid-19. Worldwide over 2 and half million people have died. After a year of Covid-19s devastating spread, nearly… Read More
The Things We Keep
How many times as an adult have you moved? After each move, what have you kept and what have you left behind? In November of 2017 I sold my house… Read More
Truth Matters: The Four Discernments
In today’s world of multimedia bombardment, political hyperbole, and polarizing rhetoric, how does any ordinary person sift through all of the noise and hubbub to find the truth? Truth matters,… Read More
Your Two Faces
Do you realize that you have two faces? Yes, there are only two faces you have to show to the world. The impacts of each face on the well-being and… Read More
Cherish Is the Word
(Artwork the courtesy of Karla Jean Gallagher. See more at www.missprintsandmasterpieces.com,) What do you cherish? This is an important question to ask yourself. Why? Because what you cherish defines who you… Read More
Are You Insane?
The other day, my partner and I were invited to have dinner with a couple of our friends. During our conversation, one of our friends asked me why people keep… Read More
Never Underestimate . . .
Back in the late 1960s when I was in graduate school at the University of Nebraska, a fellow graduate student, Bill, and I regularly played tennis at a park full… Read More