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Why Water Is So Calming

As children, my sister and I always noticed our mom getting a contented, faraway look as she gazed…

Why Time Begins on Opening Day

That is the temporal title of one of my favorite books on baseball, by Thomas Boswell the distinguished…

Why This Former Pathologist Is Going to Seminary

For two decades, I worked as what I call an accountant of America’s opioid crisis. From 1997 to…

Why the Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder’s Wife Founded Al-Anon

Bill & Lois Wilson, Copyright Stepping Stones Foundation. Property of the archive of Stepping Stones–Historic Home of Bill…

Why Silence Is Good for Our Brains

The sounds of silence are more appealing to some than others. Silence can be a safety zone, a…

Why Seeking Forgiveness Is So Important

Earnest Hemingway’s story “The Capital of the World,” is about a father and his teenage son, Paco, and…

Why Resting Is an Act of Holiness

Not only has technology extended our workday into the late hours of the night and over weekends and…

Why Random Acts of Kindness Are More Powerful Than We Realize

Holding the door open for the person behind you. Bringing a plate of cookies to a neighbor “just…

Why No Loss Is Too Small to Grieve

Kenneth Doka, an author, professor and bereavement expert, coined the term “disenfranchised grief” in 1989 to describe grief…

Why Kindness Always Wins

Whatever happened to humility? It seems as if it were something of the past. We often praise individuals…

Why It’s So Important to Only Do One Thing at a Time

“Zero distractions.” That’s what Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World,…

Why Is Sobriety Often So Hard to Maintain?

Why couldn’t Dana Smith stay sober? It was 1998. Dana was a 34-year-old methamphetamine and prescription pain medication…

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