House-hunting On The Spiritual Path
Life is a spiritual journey, if you choose to approach it that way. It is a quest for answers to the ultimate questions: Who am…
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Aging as a Spiritual Journey
An issue of The Spokesman Review published a letter from “Louise A,” an 81-year-old woman seeking advice from columnist Annie Lane. She was doing everything…
Lessons From “Yoda” The Dog
“Hello. My name is Yoda. I am an eleven year old Shih Tzu dog that my person adopted from the Humane Society when I was…
Finding The Energy To Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, and it’s not over yet. How are we all managing to get through it? One of my…
The Friends You Keep
One way to get a “jump” on aging – that is, to prepare for it earlier in life – is to make good friends and…
What Can Animals Teach Us?
Researchers tell us that we can learn a lot about happiness and wellbeing from animals, and my own experience confirms this. They are great teachers,…
Beauty in All Ages
What makes you find pleasure in another person’s appearance? The way we look is important to most of us, and it is human nature to…
Going Forth In Faith
One of the greatest acts of faith is believing that our individual lives have meaning and are worth living — all the way to the…
Better Than It Used to Be
We are living in a youth-obsessed culture, to be sure, and subtle forms of ageism are all around us. But it’s better than it used…
It’s Not Just About You
We have known for some time that people who are religious or spiritual tend to have better health and well-being (see David Williams and Michelle…