From Impossible-Ever-Now to Happily-Ever-After

by Terez Hartmann   Once upon a time in the fairy tale kingdom of Brooklyn, New York, there lived a little girl who believed in “happily ever after.” She had read countless stories, seen a gazillion movies, made annual trips…

Love Beyond Conditions

by Rev. Marla Sanderson The evolution of all spiritual life includes three absolutes: 1. You will love. 2. You will be loved. 3. The former will eventually be far more important to you than the latter. —Mike Dooley, Notes From…

Reinventing Myself Through Compassion

By Debra Loran A man went to the mountain tops in Tibet to ask the wisest monk his deepest questions about life. He arrived and found the One he wished to ask and posed his sincere question: “What is the…

I’ll Love You Unconditionally, as Soon as You Shape Up!

By Gregg Sanderson “I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”—Thomas Jefferson Jerry died last month. We had been friends since the 1960s. He was at my birthday…

3 Lessons Learned from Being My Own Boss

By Rebecca A. Watson “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”—Mahatma Gandhi A few years ago I was walking to the car, about to jump in the passenger’s side so my…