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What happened when you first heard about the massive wall Trump plans to build at our southern border? We think in images, so I feel confident you didn’t see the letters “W-A-L-L” in your mind’s eye. Instead, you no doubt pictured a snaking wall between the United States and Mexico. That picture popped into your […]

  The more we send out thoughts of hate and worry about what Trump will do on Day One of his presidency, the more we come into collusion with his agenda. I’m not asking you to say something good about him. Start with not saying something bad. It might feel strange. You may have to

Happy New Year! Together, we can create lasting peace and a higher level of growth and awareness in our country than might seem possible at this moment, with the Trump presidency looming over us like a thundercloud.   Last night, I enjoyed the New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert at Lincoln Center, conducted by

Have you ever felt like you were being held hostage by a highly charged situation not of your own making? It might have been an extended family argument that went ballistic, an issue at the office where people were taking sides and the atmosphere went beyond unpleasant into toxicity. Or, perhaps, you are feeling torn

      Ralph Waldo Emerson was a popular lecturer, author, essayist and founder of the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century. Transcendentalism focused on seeking to understand the philosophy and metaphysical teachings of Jesus Christ so that one could go beyond the mere material realm that we live in and access the far greater

I was thinking about what a relief it would have been if only the Electoral College had done what the majority of voters wished for, and honored the popular vote, thus giving the win to Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump.  We use the word “relief” rather loosely in America, for many different things. There’s

Starting when we are very small children, we learn from the people around us how to worry about what is coming next. Sometimes the lessons are subtle warnings as part of everyday conversation that is fear-based in nature and reflects the human history of struggle and very little awareness of our mental powers.  Much of

  I noticed a comment on my LinkedIn profile from a guy who was posting in response to my Blog Countdown. Apparently he saw the update about Day 30, and just had to let me know his opinion: “Ugh, at first I thought this was positive, but it’s another anti-Trump attack. Very tiring, can’t wait

I imagine the desire to get a second chance is something we share with our ancestors going so far back on the family tree that we’d quickly lose track of how many great-great-great-grandfathers that would be.   Election 2016 is certainly no exception to that yearning for a do-over, at least for the majority of

When I was growing up, there was one year in particular when I had an extremely important wish on my Santa list: Please let my little brother live.  Please bring him home to us from the hospital. I was nine years old and he had been diagnosed with a brain tumor two years earlier.