5 Ways to Cultivate a Heart of Joy

5 Ways to Cultivate a Heart of Joy

The key to a happy life is the simplicity of the soul.  So it’s time to eradicate our self importance.  One of the greatest ways of doing that is through laughing.  And laughing a lot.  Chesterton reminds us that “angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” ...
Uninviting Your Inner Mr. Grinch

Uninviting Your Inner Mr. Grinch

The holidays promise magic, warmth, and glad tidings, but only too often you hear people dreading the upcoming festivities because of family drama —be it political, personal, or what have you.  It’s only too easy to let anticipated discord soil the wonder and hope of...
Practice Your Best

Practice Your Best

When you use the best things you have and ‘practice your best’ on a regular basis, you slowly train your habits and your palate to appreciate quality. Those that save their best things for company are missing out on living a quality life and are, it has to...
3 Ways to Grow in Gratitude

3 Ways to Grow in Gratitude

Gratitude is riches. Complaining is poverty.—Doris Day I remember catching up with some old acquaintances. We started talking about all the things we’d been up to; I was genuinely surprised by how negative and exasperated these women were. Their jobs were awful; they...