Love. It’s that four-letter word that makes our world go ‘round. Artists sing about love. Writers write about love. Painters paint about love. Protestors take to the streets carrying placards that plead for more love. And, every once in a while, a political leader stands up and speaks...
My relationship with money was always very painful. I am an immigrant who came from communist Cuba at 4-years-old. My family lost everything from one day to the next because of Cuba’s entire regime, banking, and currency change. It was the worst thing imaginable that could happen. We we...
With our natural proclivities for taking care of others, along with the wounds we empaths have endured—and the work we have done to gain acceptance—it is no wonder that we are desirable prey for people who feed off the energy around them. This is especially true for old-soul empaths beca...
When we hear the word relationship, most of us tend to think of our romantic or partnership relationships. If asked if we are “in a relationship”, we think in terms of married, single, or divorced. We give most of our mental focus and attention to thinking about who we have in our live...
“We must love one another, or die,” urged the poet W. H. Auden in a line that has stuck with me since high school. And I like the poignancy of love lost in the Rascal Flatts song: “I should have stolen every moment / Now there’s a page with not enough on it.” And let me add a fi...
Documentary filmmaker Ginger Gentile (Erasing Dad), a child of divorce herself, believes that unfair laws break families apart following divorce or separation, which often leads to erasure of a child or parent. In response to this problem, she directed Erasing Family to help kids of divorce ...
The other day, my brother Timothy spoke to a packed stadium as he opened the Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle. As he talked about “taking a stand for inclusion,” everyone in the stadium rose to their feet. Tears filled their eyes. Hearts burst with inspiration. A friend who was...
Once a year I travel ten thousand miles to be with my community. We’re a mixed bunch, that’s for sure. We come from every continent except Antarctica. Some of us live in huge cities, others in tiny villages. Some of us aren’t even human. But when we all come together in a South African...
Ten months ago, I was walking along Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, shopping for a gift, when a grey-haired man wearing jeans and a jacket approached me. He looked friendly, had a twinkle in the eye, and was holding a sign that read: ‘Need Food For Myself And My Family.’ “Go...
The following is a speech given by Timothy Shriver at this year's Special Olympics USA Games opening ceremony in Seattle. In a special way, mothers and fathers, and by them I include any people who have mothered or fathered these graduates, nurtured, held, strengthened, guided them, beam with...
