Something to Think About
What is it like to be old? It’s an important question, because old age is the one place where every one of us is headed. …
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Season of Harvest
A well-known passage from the Talmud, written about 1500 years ago, advises us to spend our lives learning if we want to have a good…
The Halloween Paradox
Something Wicked This Way Comes Open locks, Whoever knocks. (Macbeth Act IV Scene 1) Over the past few decades Halloween has become one of the…
Thanks To Friends And Acquaintances
There is nothing like a close friend. But other kinds of friends are important, too, including casual acquaintances. In midlife and beyond, these might be…
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
“Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die, and…
Choose The Higher Self
Lately, have you been thinking that the world is spinning out of control? Are recent events in the news making you feel angry, frustrated, anxious…
The Way Home
Love one another. That pretty much sums up the answer to our problems, as individuals and as societies. It is the only way to live…
Bend Like A Willow
This year, Carolyn Hax, the syndicated advice columnist, celebrates 25 years of responding to American readers’ personal problems. Recently, in a special question-and-answer column for…
Getting Past Ageism
A milestone is defined as an “action or event marking a significant change or stage in development.” It is usually a good thing: a graduation,…