Chris Honore: 2016 – The best and the rest
It seems all but impossible to reflect on the year now past, 2016, and not consider the presidential primary and the ensuing campaign. The election dominated and more accurately Donald Trump...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: The problem with Saint Teresa
It’s tricky, even in this day and age, to go after a figure so universally revered and wholly worshiped as the newly sainted Mother Teresa of Calcutta.So beatific is she in the eyes of guilty...
View ArticleJeffrey Gillespie: A confederacy of deplorables
As far as gaffes go, Hillary Clinton and her "basket of deplorables" (when read within the context of her full statement) isn't nearly as bad as conservatives might have you think it is. Unfortunately...
View ArticleAging Happens: Making use of Adult Protective Services, Part 2
In my last column (Nov. 9, "Adult Protective Services plays a vital role"), you read about the important role that Adult Protective Services (APS) plays in our community. Here are the remaining set...
View ArticleAging Happens: Examine options while you still have some
This is the perfect time of year to make a resolution to start planning for the future. Whether it’s thinking about the holidays or, in this case, looking at options for where you might consider...
View ArticleDr. Gawande to talk on 'Village Movement'
The organization known as The “Village Movement” began in Boston in 1999. The intention of this group of friends was to address their wish for more freedom and control over their lives as they aged....
View ArticleNo family? Resources still available for aging seniors
Not a month goes by when I don’t hear from someone who wonders how to plan for their needs as they age if they have no adult children or other close family members and friends. This is not an isolated...
View ArticleInner Peace: Creating a peaceful world
Creating a peaceful world begins with each of us. To enhance this idea requires knowledge of one’s True Self and one’s natural contribution towards world peace.Socrates express the idea that an...
View ArticleInner Peace: Be mindful and meditate
The ultimate value of life depends uponawareness and the power of contemplation.— AristotleAs you read these words, take a deep breath and begin to notice the sensations as you exhale. Feel the air as...
View ArticleSpirituality found in cleaning up
As a teenager and even into my mid-20s my bedroom typically looked like a tornado had hit it. Shirts and pants lay in sad, crumpled heaps. Shoes and socks were separated from their matching...
View ArticleStudying the past to understand the future
Spirituality and religion are important to American life; 97 percent of adults claim one, the other or both. Scholars define spirituality as a generalized belief in a transcendent or emergent...
View ArticleInner Peace: I trust you, Karim Sulayman
Here we are: Christmas Eve and Hanukkah 2016. For seven years this column has focused on peace, inner and outer; open mindedness in a tolerant, judgment-free zone where many contributors have shared...
View ArticleThe art of giving thanks in the new year
‘Tis the season of friends, family, pumpkins, nog, a new year, giving and feasting. I call it the "High Holidays." I’ve been at many a holiday table when before the meal we went around the table and...
View ArticleInner Peace: Bearing witness to a divine presence
Recently I was asked an intriguing question: “ How does Divine presence show up in your life?" The veil between this existence and the hereafter becomes most transparent for me when I accompany one who...
View ArticleInner Peace: The insidious nature of marginalization
There are many polarizing issues in our society. They deal with politics, religion, abortion etc. The result of these intractable views has led to human discomfort and tragedy. These conflicts are in...
View ArticleTrue righteousness (peacefulness and love) and true patriotism
Believing that one’s political views are the only correct ones is being righteous. When one feels the need to convince others that this is the only correct viewpoint, it is arrogance.Therefore, two...
View ArticleNext time, reach for the music
Many people know that listening to music can lower blood pressure, slow heart rate, deepen breathing, lessen pain, reduce stress and generally improve one’s sense of well-being. Such documentary films...
View ArticleActivating the inner spirit leads to true freedom
I want you to imagine two apples — one is sour and the other is sweet. They both have seeds in the middle which represents core beliefs. You came on this planet to learn and become smarter, learning to...
View ArticleTaking a walk in the divine path
I’ve never done this before in my life: 240 pages, written, rewritten, edited and polished in a little over six weeks. George Frideric Handel did his Messiah in about that much time, but he was a...
View ArticleResilience strategy: Stop. Look. Listen.
Trains have always fascinated me. As a counselor, I often refer to the “STOP, LOOK and LISTEN” sign found at railroad crossings as an anxiety reduction technique to help my patients get back on...
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