If you want to be at optimal health, you need to become fit. If you want to be at optimal happiness, you also need to be fit, but in a slightly different way. Statistics tell us that Americans have a weight problem. One-third of all Americans are severely obese, by...
There’s an old saying that comes to mind when considering this week’s topic, and it is this: “When you run with the dogs, you start to smell like them.” You may have heard a slightly different version of this bit of folk wisdom: “When you lie down with dogs, you wake...
It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around will warm up to its glowing …. That old song, called “Pass It On,” used to be a popular one to end campouts and church retreats. Everyone would gather in a circle in the dark with an unlit...
Have you ever wanted to learn something? Think of anything you’ve had a desire to do well at — piano, lacrosse, cooking, yoga. We can learn just about anything if we have a good teacher who knows the subject well. Like that teacher, we, too, can get good at things....