Are you aware of the California man, Chris Salvatore, an actor and singer, who cared for his elderly neighbor, Norma Cook. He announced today that she died. It is such a heartwarming story, I had to write about it. They were inseparable for the last four years and in Cook’s final days. When doctors told […]

LET me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times. May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of […]

Studies show that most people think they smile more than they actually do. If you feel exhausted or burned out often, maybe you need to smile more. Why? Smiling reduces stress that your body and mind feel and helps to generate more positive emotions within you. So the simple act of learning to smile more […]

If you want to create a positive change in your life now and “find” happiness, here are 5 things you can do every day for the next three weeks to train yourself to become more positive: Write down 3 new things you are grateful for each day (you will see the world through positive eyes […]

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his […]

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain!” ~Vivian Greene Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

Communication is… Reaching out to yourself in others And allowing them to reach out to themselves in you. It is daring to share… And caring enough to be real. There is no US against THEM. There is only you and I… And all that we can give to one another. We are not here to […]

Thanks for passing this on Vera: A Birth Certificate shows that we were born. A Death Certificate shows that we died. I believe – That just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do. I believe – That we don’t […]

Thanks for passing this on Roy: Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such […]

As promised in the last Blog post, here are the last 8 in a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. Instead of holding on to things that cause you a great deal of pain, stress and suffering, try letting […]