

Hidden Gifts
The gift when life is at its very worst is the opportunity to expand our capacity for love and forgiveness beyond what we imagined possible. There is something about when life has dealt us something awful (or we fear it has or will), that puts us in a unique spot. Something in us wakes up. We can, if we choose, quickly distinguish the difference between the meaningless and the meaningful -- what is important and what is not. The imperative to be responsible with our time and


Dumb and Dumber
Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technology? We shop at home, we surf the Web... at the same time, we feel emptier, lonelier and more cut off from each other than at any other time in human history... -- Palmer Joss, Contact by Carl Sagan We've all heard about the studies that reveal the closer we are in proximity to our smart phones, the dumber we get. Our cognitive capacity and overall brain power are significantly reduced if our smartphone i