Ninety Words

Sometimes in life you have to know when to say “when”. Even under the worst of circumstances–loss of a loved one–you must put a stop to the constant craving that will never be satisfied by what is lost. You need to leave room to fill up on what may be.

Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk) said: “People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.” If you are lucky, a lesson in “letting go” appears when you least expect it.

A marriage can make you a better person and working to make that marriage last can give you a life’s worth of wonderful memories. Some reflections on the best twenty years of my life.

Some people recover a set back better than others. Is this something natural that lies within all of us just waiting to be tapped into, or can we learn how to be more resilient?