Make The Most Of Life

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill  

Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter  Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey.. She asked if we could  write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that [...]

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don’t understand that [...]

“One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential” -  Brian Tracy  

There was a well known logician from Bengal. In his times, his intelligence was considered unparalleled. Besides his expertise in logic, he was proficient in the scriptures and had memorised almost all the major ones. One day, while the logician was buying some oil at the miller’s, he observed that just behind the shop, was [...]

Spirituality is not about a religion. Neither is it about gods and rituals. Spirituality is a principled way of life; it’s an attitude. There are a dozen attributes to life, to building a positive attitude, embedded in the very word ‘SPIRITUALITY’. Let me walk you through each letter of the word ‘spirituality’. ‘S’ stands for [...]

Grandma is ninety-eight this Christmas. In spite declining health, she forges on with characteristic determination, hope, and wit. We thought we might lose her last October – how many more heart attacks can her frail body take? — but, true to form, Grandma rallied again. “I couldn’t miss a Christmas party, now could I!” she [...]

Thanks to Jim Ballard for sending this . Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I found myself exhausted, unable to appreciate the precious family moments, and of course, the true meaning [...]

A boy ran home to his mother, wailing because he had not made it to the final sports team. “They said I was too short for it. My stature is not enough for the sport.” The mother embraced the sobbing child and whispered into his ear, “In sports, my dear, the size of the individual [...]

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don’t, they don’t. – William Temple