The late Peter McWillians’ seems to have had it right when he said: “The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news… and it’s not entirely the media’s fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.” It’s sad but true. The prophets of foreboding are now …
“It feels like a dark cloud is hovering over me,” a friend commented. She recognized she was suffering from depression and wisely sought help. A few days later, someone else said, “I’ve been struggling, stuck in a dark place.” She, too, found a therapist. Another friend said with a milder form of depression commented, “This …
The Christmas tree lights invite me to sit down and enjoy a cup of hot tea. Or so it seemed as I was traveling alone to my night class. That’s when I saw it: the family had positioned the Christmas tree front and center in the picture window. The curtains had been pulled back, showcasing …
One of America’s most significant poets, Emily Dickinson, knew a thing or two about words, even though she had no formal education. In a short poem, penned in a letter to her cousin, she capsulized the power of words: “A word is dead when it is said Some say – I say it just begins …
Lori and I have been stuck in traffic for 15 minutes, snailing along, inch by inch. I could ride a tricycle faster than this. My google maps told me this route was three minutes quicker than the one I had planned to take. Three minutes quicker turned into 30 minutes longer. Waiting isn’t easy for …