Celebrating Our Differences
Aside from the everyday type of celebrations – ones I took for granted that everyone experienced like birthdays and holidays – I can remember a few very distinct times I considered to be “special” celebrations in years past. The first was passing my driver’s license test –…
Laughter has always been a major part of my life – Praise God! I had a mother whose laugh was contagious, and I have many fond memories of times growing up in our home when laughter would overcome us, and we laughed until our stomachs hurt and…
John, a married man for over 30 years, just won the Lottery. Happily, he asked his wife, “What will you do with half the winnings.” She abruptly said, “I’d leave you and get out of here!” He said: “Good, here’s twenty-five dollars …good-bye!” What makes us laugh?…
When is the last time you had a good, belly laugh? You know the kind that makes you cry, sometimes lose your breath, and gives your abs a little workout? Well, turns out those kinds of deep in the gut laughs actually do have many positive benefits…
While thinking about what to write about “Truth” for this issue of Garden Spices I ran across this quotation from the movie “The Big Short” – “It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” I began…
Did you ever stop to think how important Truth is? Virtually everywhere in the living sciences and socio-psychological realms incorporate the application of Truth. Without truth, law could not exist, science could not hypothecate, and relationships would falter. Truth is the prime ingredient of society and universal understanding….
Linda’s parents, Rosemarie and Bill Dunn I grew up in a household that loved music. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of listening to the radio and watching my parents dance. I learned and still know most of the words to a great number of…
So there is this silly challenge on Instagram for balance strengthening or balance therapy or balance whatever. I can’t think of what this little board she used was called, but it was like a few inches thick; it was even suggested to roll your yoga mat up and…
One of the most unique questions that could be asked, and offers only one answer is: “Do you think there is an end to music? You can’t say “No!” If you can’t feel an end to music, then you know what the Universe is like. Just how big…
This picture of me with the Board of Directors of Unity of Marathon in the Florida Keys was taken on my last day as their Senior Minister, almost ten years ago now. Life has changed quite a bit for all of us in that period of time as…