The Gift of Difficult People

It may happen where we live, or where we work, while running errands or in a social setting. But, when we inevitably encounter that person in our lives who just “rubs us the wrong way,” we have been given a great gift. When we are thrust into situations in which we...

Say Good-bye to the Monday Morning Blues

As we begin our day and our week, let’s stop and take a moment to bring our perspective and our intentions in to alignment.  Instead of succumbing to the “Monday morning Blues”, perhaps we could join with Rabbi Rami Shapiro who wrote:   Enveloped in Your Light,...

Having Faith In the (Im)possible

Have you ever had a really hard time doing something that you knew you needed to do?  How frustrating it can be!  We gear ourselves up, give ourselves pep talks, tell ourselves it is going to be different this time, and then plunge in –  only to fail again.  It...

Inhabiting the Present

Abraham Maslow was an American Psychologist who is best known for creating “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.”  He is ranked among the most quoted psychologists of the 20th century.  Quotes like this one show us why that is true:   I can feel guilty about the past,...