Category: On Life & Love

I was brought up in a family full of Catholics. It was an obligatory presence and back then a required mandate. My mother’s families were all devout followers. My father, having barely survived being shot down in World War 2, converted to the faith through his conversations with a reassuring Navy Chaplain in a far-away island

Working together and remembering our common humanity reminds me that listening to our spiritual calling is what is needed to ensure unity in our world that is riddled with discord. A spiritual life belongs to all of us, not to one faith or church. This type of prayer should ring true for those who live

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle’. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly as he or she was made, exactly as they are here and now.” ~ Fred Rogers I love this wonderful quote by Fred Rogers. There lies a profound ideology within

Ok, I am not going to throw out a lot of weak statements to you or try and convince you of my earnest efforts of doing good. But what I am going to do is tell you a short story on how my day went after being powered by a mantra – I can do

As the sun set over the granite waves of the Gulf of Mexico, I paused to say grace and send out of note of thanks for a perfect end to a perfect day. When the sun finally sank away leaving a shroud of mango silk draped across the sky, the Professor and I headed to

The building blocks of Faith, Hope and Charity are like a three-legged stool. They are the three great virtues of humanity. Some have written that the word or action of Charity is the greatest of the three.  I agree.  Yet, I can clearly see that all three are interchangeable.   Think of it this way –

I want to leave this world with the assurance that I have left nothing unsaid. When I go forward I want the people I have walked with to be assured they know everything there was to know. I do not wish to have questions remaining when there is time in these days to answer them.

Every morning as the sun comes up, I sit with a warm beverage and listen to the world awake.  Once the organic sounds have wiped the cobwebs from my slumbered mind, I switch on the morning news.  Lately, it seems, the accounts of violence are becoming more and more frequent.  This new reality has made

I’ve been thinking a lot about living in gratitude and how it can change a person.  I recently had a test to my mantra about living a life full of appreciation and kindness.  My campaign of ‘I Can Do Better’ was put under assessment to see if it stood up under a test of time. 

We are now immersed in a season of growth where the celebrations of Easter, Passover, and Ramadan are all beautifully framed by the Vernal Equinox. It is a special semester of life where birth and rebirth are celebrated; where we are all, no matter religion or creed, are given the chance to purify our souls