Sometimes you have to be kind to someone, not because they’re being nice, but because you are. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around…. ♥ Continue reading

Can we learn to love this world?

Can we learn to love this world? It’s an imperfect world of loss, pain and daunting challenges. Those we love may die at any moment. Our own lives may be compromised or lost without warning. Corruption, genocide, and destruction of our planet’s resources are rampant. On an individual level, millions of people struggle with job loss, lack of health care and threatened foreclosure of their homes. As I write these words, millions of Brazilians people suffer in the lines at the hospitals. The extent to which our nation has become politically polarized is disturbing. Change comes hard. In marriage, in … Continue reading Can we learn to love this world?