Before going to sleep, take another look at the day you just lived. Across spiritual traditions, practices of self-examination ask us to notice our actions, intentions and relationships—and what we might do differently tomorrow.
You see her across the room. You know her. You remember where you met. You remember that her husband is named Bob, that they went to Italy last year and that their daughter recently graduated from law school. You remember enough about her to carry
The first signs of fall usually arrive before the school buses do. Back-to-school commercials on every channel and stream. Halloween candy in the drugstore and pumpkin beers on the menu at your favorite restaurant. Then comes the first cooler day. It may still be summer,
William Blake found a world in a grain of sand. Across spiritual traditions and modern psychology, the smallest things can reveal something much larger about meaning, connection and our place in the universe.
Henry David Thoreau went to Walden asking how much a person really needs. In later life, the question “What is enough?” can reach far beyond possessions.
A single fall can change the course of an older person's life. That was the sobering conclusion of a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Researchers followed 2,454 adults age 65 and older for two years and found that
A new film adaptation of The Odyssey has once again brought Homer’s ancient hero into the public eye. That raises an interesting question. Why do we keep returning to a story nearly three thousand years old? Perhaps it begins with the Cyclops, the Sirens, and the
Why Empty Time Matters More Than We Realize “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” — Mahatma Gandhi There was a time when waiting was simply waiting. We sat in doctor's offices and looked around the room. We stood in grocery store lines and noticed other people.
“May my thoughts, words, and actions be in harmony.” — Traditional Sanskrit prayer It is an aspiration most people immediately recognize, even if we rarely put it into words. Many of us spend years trying to become someone—building careers, raising families, meeting responsibilities, and fulfilling expectations. There is
“The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter one's loneliness.” — Norman Cousins Loneliness is not always the absence of people. Sometimes it shows up in the middle of everyday life. It can be felt in a room that has slowly grown quieter, in a