by Norman Monath.

by Joyce and Barry Vissell.

Have you ever asked yourself, “What brings me lasting happiness?” It is a good question. A lot of people answer this in the future tense: When I have a lot of money I will have lasting happiness. Or when I find the perfect partner (or make my partner into the perfect partner) then I will be happy..

by Dhyani Ywahoo.

The first priority in life is to be true to the creative principle within yourself. Second is the responsibility to your parents, your family, and your friends -- to see the best within them -- to call forth the best within others.

by Marie T. Russell.

I strongly believe everyone's basic need is to be loved. From the baby to the elderly, everyone wants love. As I look around me, especially if I look at what's happening in the world events, I realize that this basic need has somewhat become distorted. The need for love has been translated by some as the need for attention.

by Marie T. Russell.

Many of us have grown up with the concept of the 3 R's. We have been told that the 3R's were the basis or the most important part of education. And we were always told that the three R's were Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Now wait a minute. Only one of those starts with an "R"...

by Marie T. Russell & Miss Desmond.

As the earth vibration of spring comes upon us, pause to think about how many renewal messages we get during the year. Many of us get caught in what may be called "commodity time" or the physical daily activities that makes us like the Energizer Bunny... we keep going and going and going, and never stop or slow down. When do you stop to take notice of you? To look at you and see how wonderful you are?

by Marie T. Russell

We all seem to have one habit or another from which we'd like to break free. For some it's smoking, for others eating compulsively, for other talking too much, or talking too little, for some working too much, for others... the list goes on and on. Many of us feel helpless when faced with our habits. How do get out of the trap? How do we break free?

by Marie T. Russell.

Looking at commercials and spam directed my way, I wonder what the human preoccupation with bigger this or bigger that is all about. It seems that the human anatomy has certain parts that we think should be bigger, while all the while we trying to reduce the size of other parts... Maybe, the original concept is fine -- we need to focus on expanding...