
What about Joy?
Joy is quite a topic…Is it an emotion, a main goal of a happy life? Is it the opposite of despair? Do you (does one) yearn for it, go



















Joy is quite a topic…Is it an emotion, a main goal of a happy life? Is it the opposite of despair? Do you (does one) yearn for it, go

Not that I don’t still feel driven and agitated at times, not that I no longer ever feel separate, not that I’m never critical, of myself

When I saw this out my window in the early January, as the sun first came up, I was surprised and touched. I have never seen

It was an ordinary grey morning, typical December in Vancouver. I was at the breakfast table, looking out the window at the red beech, now

Music is good for our soul and spirit. “Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own,

Gratitude in a Complex and Changing World In the midst of concurrent events, some full of renewal and hope (Canada’s recent federal election, the upcoming

The last few weeks have been quite full. A couple particulars: I volunteered again this year with the Vancouver International Film Festival, fondly known as

Gratitude and appreciation have not been front and center for me these last few weeks… whether it was the surge in the polls of the

A few nights ago there was a “super moon”, and a total lunar eclipse. What is more, it was a clear night in Vancouver, so

My internet has been down for a week. What an unexpected opportunity to look at my addiction, to observe the many reasons and ways I

Where do you feel passion — in your soul and spirit? In your body and mind? On my roller blade this morning I was really alive. I felt

Listening to the Subtle Changes of the Season Summer is a glorious time indeed, exuberant, light, upwelling. I love looking out my window to the
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