A Simpler Life – October 20, 2013
While serving in the president’s cabinet as United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich kept a hectic and pressure-filled schedule at the heart of the...
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Our Search for Meaning – October 13, 2013
In 1941, Viktor Frankl was a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, Austria. The threat of Nazi concentration camps was increasing, but Viktor had...
The Choices We Make – October 06, 2013
Not long ago, a family decided to spend a hot summer afternoon floating down a river on inner tubes. A river guide gave them clear...
Important in the Life of a Child – September 29, 2013
Two busy parents of a large family recently discovered the difference one caring person can make in the life of a child. It’s a simple...
Hold On – September 22, 2013
Over a hundred years ago, Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden, an enchanting novel about a young girl, Mary, who is orphaned during a...
A Work in Progress – September 15, 2013
A masterpiece is a work that demonstrates extraordinary talent, artistic skill, or workmanship—a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement. Historically, a masterpiece represented an artist’s finest...
Misery Is Optional – September 08, 2013
It has been said that while pain and heartache are inevitable, misery is optional. In other words, even amid the difficulties and adversities of life,...
Joy in Our Labors – September 01, 2013
At the funeral service of his father, a middle-aged man stood to express his feelings. “Father provided well for our family,” he said. “He always...
Inertia and Momentum – August 25, 2013
Isaac Newton’s first law of motion states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion; and likewise, an object at rest tends to...