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You have a problem: you can’t convince people that you are right. You’ve tried reason, arguing, logic, debating, and even pleading. And yet they don’t go along with your thinking. Maybe you can get them to acquiesce while you hope for a later conversion, but that’s not your goal.   You want them to change […]

I went with my family to Salem for a women’s march a few weeks ago.     There we were, with thousands of people right in front of the state capital.   Across the street, on the left, immediately across from us was a man with a small p.a. system preaching that we were all

  Donald J. Love     A few points before the article:   •    If you think you are better off hating your enemies than loving them, this article is not for you. If that’s the case, here are other articles (1, 2, 3,) I have written about love that might be easier for you to

  Social constructs are real.  And, while they can’t tell us what to think, they certainly can tell us what to think about – and, thereby, they start to influence our thinking. Religion – even with its etymological roots in the word “to bind” – is in the business of salvation, a loaded word, which means

I had wanted today’s article to align with the celebration in the U.S. of Martin Luther King, Jr. However, my plans did not work out. While I love Dr. King and his inspirational messages about love and peace, today’s message is about FEAR. (I was on my way to Trader Joe’s on Friday afternoon when I felt compelled

Left/Right & Up/Down & ABC’s Atonement works in two different directions:      horizontally ➡ and vertically ⬆.   ➡ Atonement on the horizontal axis is reserved for matters of forgiveness between people. For societal and social trespasses, we must engage both sides in reparation and forgiveness with our fellows.   ⬆ Atonement must also be

Acceptance is saying “what is is.” Acceptance The more we fight with reality, the less smoothly our lives go. The spiritual word for “not fighting with reality” is acceptance. (The religious word is surrender.) The more we accept, the easier our lives are.     As Byron Katie wrote, “When you argue with reality, you

Last Monday, you received issue 38/40 of this newsletter, which suggested that thoughtful gift-giving can curb this season from becoming the holidazes. A web-version of the article can be found here. What follows is an example of a symbolic gift you can print and give! Especially if you, like me, are a bit screen-addicted.     I suffer from being

    If your holiday season feels to you to be more holidaze than holy days, ‘tis on you, my friend. I’m sorry. Well, kinda. It is. Right? The thing that is keeping you from having “the most wonderful time of the year” is part brain chemistry and part you. The ridiculous lack of sunlight