Jake Clark is a US Army veteran of the Cold War era and the California Army National Guard. He founded Save a Warrior (SAW) because he wanted to make a difference and for his life to matter. According to Clark, 30 percent or somewhere between 800,000 to a million returning home in the post ...
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Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. - Thomas Edison This week, I’ve been thinking about how many of us spend our present lives stuck in the future. “When I make this much money, I’ll finally do x, y or z…” “...
In the spring on Brookdale Place, in Rye, New York, the Forget-Me-Nots bloomed like a botanical garden, a sea of soothing pastels that kindled the memory. The Greeks called the flower Myosotis, translated “mouse’s ear,” an allusion to the shape of its leaf. Who could ever forget a p...
(The following is an excerpt from Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More, Mallika Chopra's new fun and accessible how-to book on mindfulness and meditation for kids. We encourage you to share the below lessons with your children and also consider how you can implement them...
Since August 2, 2016, photographer Elmore DeMott has taken a photograph of a flower every single day in a total of 20 states and 11 countries. Entitled Flowers For Mom, this unique series is Elmore's artistic response to her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's. Passionate about getting peopl...
I was eighteen years old when I had my first panic attack. I was on a road trip with my high school boyfriend, Jordan. We had just graduated, and it was the summer between our senior year of high school and our freshman year of college. We were headed to separate schools in New England that ...
Wisdom begins in wonder. — Socrates Dear Friend (a.k.a., you, the Sunday Paper reader), How have you been? I’ve missed you over these past few weeks. Even though I spent August taking a spiritual break, I found myself missing our weekly connection. I must confess, there were moments...
There’s an odd theme in ancient Asian art: a jolly man playing the flute while riding on an ox, backwards. Obviously (not), this is a metaphor for true wisdom. In Taoism, the ox represents the vast, powerful flow of energy that runs through all of nature, including us humans (think ...
Three days and counting… Today it hit me. My husband and I will be “empty nesters” very soon. I was fairly calm until I realized that my youngest still needed to buy a few more things like a larger suitcase, a beard trimmer, and socks. Yes, socks. Finding the perfect socks ha...
