The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking

Researchers in London just completed an 18-year project studying people's financial expectations in life in comparison to actual outcomes. Some people ...

The New 'I Wish I'd Never Been Born' Movement

In recent years a new “I wish I'd never been born” movement has been emerging in different parts of the world. Just this past February ...

The Price of Admission to a Meaningful Life

In a recent TED talk, Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, ...

Suffering Is Fertile – It Can Grow New Life

"Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence," said Leon Bloy, ...

Cats Can’t Taste Sweet

Did you know that cats can’t taste the flavor of sweetness? That’s right. Felines cannot taste sweet. It’s like their tongues are color ...

What Do 860 Million Words Say About You?

In a recent book, Levi Lusko writes that it takes cooperation of 72 different muscles to produce speech. On average 16,000 words come out of your mouth ...

Judge Orders Man to Write 144 Compliments to Ex-Girlfriend

A Hawaii judge ordered a man to write dozens of compliments about his ex-girlfriend. It's all because he violated her protection order.

Darren Young, ...

Seeing the Stars

Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.

Celebrating the Now

We look forward to the promise of each day, having discovered the secret that the good old days are here and now.

Knowing Where the Fish Aren't

Sometimes Norm can be so positive and enthusiastic about whatever's he's doing that it's disconcerting to me. I wonder if he's walking ...