I’ve made a few decisions over the past couple of months that have thrown my life into a state of uncertainty. I made them willingly and thoughtfully, but thrown I am regardless. I guess that’s all life is, really: uncertain situation after uncertain situation. We never know what tomorrow brings, or even the next minute. There have been countless...

Everything in life has a certain push and pull, a positive and negative. So it is with ambition and acceptance.  I use the word ambition here to address all types of personal development; it’s that constant forward motion of “bettering ourselves.” Acceptance, then, would be a state of stillness; the act of sitting with who you are and where...

Christmas is a time of giving. It's the season of merriness, warmth and good eats, but most of all, it’s about generosity.  Depending on how you were raised, the generosity presents itself in the form of God sending his son to us on earth, Santa traveling around the world in a night to give gifts to all the little boys and girls, or your...

A lot of life stirs up uncomfortable emotions. It’s an unfortunate truism. We like to think that life is meant to be solely pleasant. It’s not.  There are wonderful moments of beauty and awe and joy and love, but there are moments of pain and sadness and anger and ugliness. Life is full of both kinds of experiences and the existence of one...

If you’re a parent, you’re familiar with this ubiquitous word in children’s lexicons. It seems to make an appearance every other sentence: Adult: “We need to put this bottle in the recycling bin.” Child: “Why?” Adult: “Because we want to help the environment.” Child: “Why?” Adult: “Because we need the environment in order to live.” Child: “Why?”...