Why Kindness Matters Most

So, I was pretty mean to somebody recently. She didn’t deserve it at all, and it crushed me. It may sound dramatic, but it felt like a small death to me. It was unwarranted and unlike me, for the most part. In talking to her a bit about it, and in apologizing,...

The Gentle Art of Blessing

by Pierre Pradervand On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all....

On Realizing I Was a Helicopter Parent, Too!!

Ok, soooo.. I got called out when I posted some pictures of my daughter learning to ride a bicycle. My sister commented, “Nice photo bombs, helicopter dad!” Well, she’s only 6 I thought, and…., and…. Then she’ll be 12, then 18, then 26 and someday she’ll be 30, and I...