Is your screen time depressing?

Are you willing to try an experiment? Find something to take notes with. Choose one day this week. Mark the beginning and ending times whenever you find yourself with a screen in front of your nose. A screen could be … Continue reading

Creating Happiness

Our culture chases after many things in an effort to fulfill our desire for happiness. We spend a considerable amount of our time following the dictates of what others say will make us happy. Society promises better friends if we … Continue reading

The “Fuller Life”…Reflections on Growth, Happiness and Hope
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Tree in palm

We all hold the ideals of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” dear to our hearts. The hope of a long life, freedom and the potential of “feeling” happy motivates many to achieve more, overcome great adversity and dream … Continue reading

Chocolate Therapy

“Wake Up” by Kabir Do you have a body? Don’t sit on the porch! Go out and walk in the rain! If you are in love, then why are you asleep? Wake up, wake up! You have slept millions and … Continue reading

Lost Places

We do not like to be lost. We avoid that scary uncomfortable place at all costs. A little girl is lost in a department store just moments before she hears the reassuring voice of her mother. Her heart is racing, … Continue reading

The Weather in Houston is _____: How the Stories We Tell Shape Perception

The weather in Houston is ______. You’ve heard it from out-of-towners. “How do you live there! It’s so hot…and the humidity!” I heard it too. Having lived in Virginia, Arkansas, Ohio, and Abilene, Texas I didn’t quite know what I … Continue reading

Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss In our society there are a lot of people who have opinions about how we should live. Basically … Continue reading