A Conscious Freedom

A spiritual sage once said, “Don’t do what you want.  Then, do whatever you like.”  This maxim, like many spiritual truths, is paradoxical.  It appears at first glance to be contradictory.  But this quizzical phrase illuminates a very important principle.  Our freedom...

Choosing Gratitude

My wife, Janet, has an app on her phone called “Collect”.  It displays as a calendar with a photo and a caption for each day of the month; and is a wonderful way to capture some of the momentous as well as the mundane moments which mark the passing of our days.  She...