In the movie Peaceful Warrior, Socrates (Nick Nolte) asks young Dan Millman (played by Scott Mechlowicz) “Are You Happy?” Dan replies, “What does happy have to do with anything?” To which Socrates replies, “It has everything to do with everything.” Needless to say, “Type A” driven champion athlete, campus stud, straight “A” student Dan initially […]
Last night I had the huge pleasure of attending a book signing and reading for Alison Bechdel’s book Fun Home. For those of you unfamiliar with her work, Alison is the author of the superb comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For . The comic strip has been a favorite of mine for years and
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If you were to take a poll and ask, most people they would say that they want to live a great life. But, if you observe the way most people live their lives, I would suggest that most people are simply working like hell and busy creating and maintaining a lifestyle. What’s the difference you
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When you lay out the roadmap for your life and reconcile it back to day to day living, are you setting yourself up for a life lived fully or an uphill struggle peppered with periods of relief? There is a line in Melissa Etheridge’s song “Ain’t it Heavy” that says, “survival is fine but satisfaction
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Driving around here in the burbs of Bucks and Montgomery County PA (complete with a few fire and brimstone establishments) the little messages in the front of churches are rarely inspiring. They are usually either just a clever little play on words or a plea for the congregants to actually show up for service. However,
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