Maybe it’s time to just accept that the weather does control our state of mind and just be more accepting of myself when I decide to spend a rainy day on the couch. You can’t fight nature, right?

The belly laugh of a little kid is probably one of my most favorite things in the world, especially when that little kid is my own. Why?

Siddhartha Gautama was said to have lived approximately 500 years B.C. Through direct experience on both sides of dualistic living he fails to find contentment.

You just got a new car and meet up with a friend to show it off. After looking the car over and checking out all the high-tech features, your friend compliments the car and tells you it is, “Ridiculous!”

Whenever I think about the word soul, the song “I Like It (Like That)” by Pete Rodriquez pops into my head. I can hear it now, “I got soul, I got soul!”

I have always valued humility and deeply respect the genuinely humble. Yet, I must also confess that I admire (and sometimes envy) great men and women who have achieved high levels of material success and aren’t afraid to display pride in their accomplishments.