Your imagination matters! Even if you are adult. To explain why, let me tell you about a professional playologist named Ash Perrin. Ash Perrin started a group called The Flying Seagull Project. This project is a group of jugglers, clowns and entertainers. They take play into the most surprising places, like children’s hospitals and refugee… Continue reading Ash Perrin on Why Your Imagination Matters
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Is Encouraging Positivity Helpful or Harmful?
Is encouraging positivity helpful or harmful? Positivity is a buzzword in recent years. In fact, you have probably heard people recently urging you or others to be positive, to focus on positivity, or to strive to be happy. Philosophers and other thinkers and writers have long explored how humans can be more happy. For example,… Continue reading Is Encouraging Positivity Helpful or Harmful?
My First Online Course and Visualization
I am really excited because I published my first recorded online course and visualization. The course is titled the Four Basic Truths, and you can find it here at Thinkific: The Four Basic Truths. The visualization is a ten-minute visualization called The Greatest Grocery store that helps you connect to and nurture your spirituality. You… Continue reading My First Online Course and Visualization
How to Be a Kind Person (and How it Helps You)
Most of us suspect that being a kind person is a good idea for various reasons. But we may not know how to be kind or if kindness in fact helps us or anyone else. We often struggle with such concerns because we aren’t sure exactly what kindness is, and we often carry several common… Continue reading How to Be a Kind Person (and How it Helps You)
How to Think for Yourself
It’s important to know how to think for yourself. Being able to do this is important especially for two reasons. The First Reason First, there are a lot of people in the world who would love to do your thinking for you. That way they can get you to believe what they want you to… Continue reading How to Think for Yourself
A Tricky Thing about Rights
I have been thinking about rights a lot lately because of some units I teach on ethics and politics. There is something very tricky about rights, and most of us (including me) often don’t consider it. I became aware of this issue years ago when I first read a quote by Voltaire that goes something… Continue reading A Tricky Thing about Rights
Playfulness is Next to Godliness
Most people have heard the old phrase, “Cleanliness is next to godliness", but I would like to coin a new phrase: Playfulness is next to godliness. And I believe this second phrase is closer to the truth. And believe it or not, I’m not the only one who thinks playfulness is next to godliness. I’ve… Continue reading Playfulness is Next to Godliness
How Nature Makes Us More Human
David Abram, in his book Spell of the Sensuous, makes a thought-provoking claim that nature makes us more human. Abram writes, We cannot measure our humanity if we do not have the distance from it we gain from immersing ourselves in nature . . . Without the oxygenating breath of the forests, without the clutch… Continue reading How Nature Makes Us More Human
A Winter Update from Love is Stronger
Dear All: I wanted to give you an update on Love is Stronger. I have been on a general social media break for the last couple of months. I usually take a couple of social media breaks a year to give my brain a rest. But my recent break is also related to some long-term… Continue reading A Winter Update from Love is Stronger
Is Being Kind a Sign of Weakness?
Several times this week, I have read on social media people suggesting that kindness is weakness. It always surprises me when I read things like this. On the one hand, I can understand how someone might come to believe that kindness is a sign of weakness. Sometimes people mistake kindness for niceness. I don’t think… Continue reading Is Being Kind a Sign of Weakness?