Golden Rule | Golden Rule
Jan.31.2012
Years ago, I was doing a lot of business travel. And I do mean a lot. I was supplementing my writing income as a public speaker. It got out of hand, at least by my standards. I was on the road for about a third of the year.
One day I was exhausted and trying to get home when an airline problem...
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Dec.12.2011
In the coming weeks, the No. 1 question most of us will be asked is, "What did you get?" While the Christmas season is rooted in the Christian faith -- a faith that teaches benevolent and charitable giving -- Buddha, too, offered a succinct lesson in giving and getting.
When we give to others,...
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Nov.18.2011
As a former teacher and grandmother of nine, I offer the following suggestion: In a society full of bullying and self-centered children, it is helpful to teach your children the benefits of consideration for others and being polite as early as possible. The Magic Word is a book...
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Sep.05.2010
What do Islamophobia, a friend's disappointment, and the Jewish New Year have in common? Each offers the opportunity to remember and practice the simple things that support the renewal of possibility.
The Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShanah, begins Wednesday night. I have been less involved in Jewish...
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Sep.30.2009
“If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."
- C.S. Lewis
I seem to be led to Inspirational and Religious books ever since my wake up...
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Jul.18.2009
I've always suspected that the religions of the world all boil down to the basic premise of the Golden Rule. Now I finally have proof. Well, not proof exactly, but the authors of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes had the discipline that I lacked to find...
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Sep.24.2008
Isn't the last dance the one where the two strangers walk hand in hand through the doorway (which is heavily back lit, leaving our hero and heroine in silhouette). Still gazing into each other's eyes, enraptured, they dissolve into mist and memory... It's the morning after that might be more...
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