Our minds can drive us crazy, and they lie to us on a constant basis. They tell us how terrible things are and how things are just going to get worse. They tell us to be afraid of taking a risk. They tell us we...

When I was a kid in school, I excelled in writing. It was my strongest subject. I used to write in my diary and dramatize my real life experiences into more of a script than plain notation. I seriously enjoyed it, and I didn't do...

So many times, we wish upon a star for a hope or a dream to come true. I myself have reached out to the universe many times asking for help. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it just never happened. As much as I was disappointed...

We spend many years learning and practicing the art of self-hate. Hating our bodies, hating our faces, our thoughts and our feelings. We walk through life under a cloud of “never good enough", when, instead, we should be practicing the art of self-love. At the...

Life is imperfect. Humans are imperfect. Everyone I know is imperfect. I am imperfect. Perfection is overrated It doesn't exist. My own flaws are a constant reminder to accept the flaws of others and to look beyond them. I try to see every person's gift...

Imagine a room that's pitch dark and a room of bright light, both connected by a door. When you open the door from either side, what happens? Light floods into the dark room, illuminating it. Live accordingly; think thoughts of light. Happy people are those...

Life is all about perception. We can all see the same movie, but each of us will see it differently through the lens of our unique experiences. We go through similar situations differently, based on what we think is true or valuable. Our lives can...

Even though both my parents are deceased, I have tried to keep in touch with some of their elderly friends who I had the pleasure of spending lots of time with when my parents were alive. I heard that one of them was in a...