Tucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are travelling by train. Out the windows, we drink in the pas...

  Early in the spring， about a month before my grandpa‘s stroke， I began walking for an hour every afternoon． Some days I would walk four blocks south to see Grandma and G...

  Ever feel that your relationship suffers from a unique brand of frustration, tension, distance, or any number of other troubling feelings? The reality is, there is struggle ...

  The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother‘s Day -- and 800 miles separa...

  You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.   Prepare “soul vows.” These vows were deepest commitment to love, ch...

  My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight...

  In 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife...

  ‘Why  life is worth living?’ If you ask this question to randomly selected people, you will get different answers. There is no definite or right answer in this case, ...

  Most people complain of fortune， few of nature； and the kinder they think the latter has been to them， the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former...

A group of teachers posed the question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: what is love?   'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn‘t bend over and paint her toenails anymo...