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Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life. It Really Is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Stress reduction made easy: 1 of 23

Stress is to your emotional health as junk food is to your physical health. You need a certain amount of food to sustain your life, but overeating and eating the wrong foods are unhealthy and sometimes dangerous. As you need food to live, you also need a certain amount of emotional stimulation, but unless you choose to live ...
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss What to do when someone dies and there was no time for good-byes: 5 of 92

A Friend Died Today - 5 Ways To Cope With Loss, Grief and the Fear Of Your Own Mortality As I write this, the house is quiet. My wife and her good friend are attending a funeral. Their long-time mutual friend and fellow artist, who I never met, died suddenly at 62, leaving a husband in chronic ill health. I first became awar...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Relationships: 8 of 70

The Spousal We and 6 Other Ways to Leave Your Lover You really want to end your relationship, but you don't have the courage to say so directly. What to do? Here is a tongue-in-cheek list of ways to force your partner to make the break first. 1. Use the "Spousal We": "We need to remember to take out the garbage." "Didn't we ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: If you could have a one-hour interview with any human being past or present, who would it be?: 28 of 188

My Personal Greatest Hero - Jimmy Yen Who do we most respect and admire? Why our Heroes of course. What are the characteristics of a Hero? Heroes are courageous and self-reliant, and they are greatly admired. Being courageous and self-reliant are the characteristics that create heroes. Being admired is something that comes a...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the United States have universal health care?: 11 of 66

There are many reasons why adopting universal health care in the United States is the right thing to do. First, it would save money. Yes, you read that right - SAVE money. At first glance it would appear that providing better health care to more citizens would add substantial cost. There are more than 40 million Americans wi...
Health & Fitness > Mental Health (Other) Is suicide a personal right?: 13 of 66

In truth, we only have the rights granted by our government, so the question is actually, "Should suicide be a personal right?" Even that question is, in a sense, not the right question. It is only a small part of the real question, which is whether each of us should have the right to control our own body. To me, it is clear...
Relationships & Family > Marriage Psychology Why saving your marriage for children isn't always a good idea: 5 of 24

If you are clear that you are miserable in your relationship, don't procrastinate on getting a divorce "for the sake of the children." While some experts would argue that having one parent move out of the home increases the stress on young children, consider the likelihood that the benefit of no longer seeing Mommy and Daddy...
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Should charity be voluntary or compelled?: 1 of 4

The dictionary gives three definitions for charity: voluntary giving of help, a charitable organization, and "kindness and tolerance in judging others." As the first definition includes the word "voluntary," there is nothing more to say about it. The interesting definition, and the one that I believe is pitifully lacking in ...
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Is God an invention of man's mind or true being?: 15 of 53

It is natural for all humans to seek a father figure - someone to look up to - someone to set boundaries - someone to protect us - someone to give us certainty in an uncertain world. As children, we had our flesh-and-blood parents to fill those roles, but at a certain age, we found to our shock that our parents were not infa...
Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness How to be happy: 13 of 39

How To Be Happy In Life - The 9 Paths To Happiness Sometimes it appears that life throws more obstacles in our path than we can handle. However, even in the face of the most challenging circumstances, you can make the choice to be happy by following these 9 paths to happiness. 1. Honor Yourself: Remember what the flight atte...