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"The most beautiful people you have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." - Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Hold fast to dreams, Langston Hughes tells us. But don't our dreams need to have some connection to reality? What is truly possible?

"I took the road less traveled by and that made all the difference," writes Robert Frost. What is it that made "all the difference" in your life?

It's that time of year for turning over new leaves, starting new habits, ending old habits, and all-around self-improvement. Day 6: How's it going?

How might we respond to the intertwining of joy and sorrow with compassion and hope?

When we encounter the unexplainable, how do we respond? As we journey past the terrain that science and reason have mapped, what do we find?

As we prepare to celebrate the Winter Solstice and the returning of the light, let us take note of the gifts that darkness can bring.

The "mystery" genre holds a great appeal for many, whether reading a favorite series or watching a good thriller. What is it that draws us to this form? What might we learn from it?

December 2nd marks the first Sunday in Advent, and to help us get prepared to face the upcoming holidays I’d like to check in with two old friends of mine from Shinbone Alley, New York: Archy, the free verse poet who died and was reincarnated as a cockroach, and Mehitabel, the alley cat who makes the dubious claim that she was once Cleopatra.

Re: a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition or "back to the original place, again."