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When I look back on my early 20’s, I do so with a sense of embarrassment so profound that my skin crawls. I was so self-centered, so smug, so intolerably all-knowing that I want to go back and punch that girl in the face.
I remember being at a party with friends and disagreeing with an [...]

Sometimes all you can think to do is pray. And sometimes you don’t want to do it alone.
Silent Unity is a 24-hour, free prayer line. If you call, someone will pray for your concerns in a respectful, non-denominational way.
 I remember sitting on the floor of the airport while I was heading back to be with [...]

One of them, anyway…
 

Sonnet XVII
 

 
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of [...]

There is a fun little year-end list over at Huffington Post called “The Seven Habits of Highly Spiritual People.” Hint: It’s not about what religion you are.
Makes sense to me:
#5
They Count Blessings in Small Wonders.
They do not expect Spirit to appear accompanied by fire and brimstone and a big neon sign flashing in the sky. [...]

You might be familiar with the story of the soccer players who survived a plane in the Andes from the movie “Alive.” The most sensationalistic part of their story is that some of them resorted to cannabalism to stay alive for two months in the snowy mountains.
 I read an article about Nando Parrado, one of the survivors, [...]

Sometimes this photo is all I need.

Here is an exercise that can help you be happier.
When you speak, notice how much of what you say is an attack. You might be attacking someone, something, or yourself.
Many questions are attacks. Especially those question/statements that begin “I thought you…” like “I thought you said you were going to try to be on time?”
So [...]