THE YING & YANG OF THOUGHT & BELIEF

A single footstep will not make a path on the earth. So a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again.  To make a deep mental path, we need to think over and voer the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate...

A MATTER OF VOLUME

What you do matters. You may have a profound impact on a stranger by sharing a smile or word of encouragement. Courtesy of Netflix, my wife Anita and I had the pleasure of re-watching an old classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. The Harper Lee best seller was destined to...

WHERE DO YOU STAND?

In human relationships, distance is not measured in miles but in affection. Two people can be right next to each other, yet miles apart. — Unknown The science of proxemics can be described as the “science of distances.” It is related to the concept of “body language”...

A TRIAD OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business.  He should live each day as if it were a pre-flight check.  He should ask each morning, “Am I prepared to lift off?” Frolov Prudence demands, irrespective of our age and stage in life, that we engage in some...

WHAT IS SYZYGY?

“It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.”  – Josh McDowell In the process of teaching our graduate course in counseling theory, I re-encountered a term from Carl Gustav Jung.  The word is “sygyzy,” and it has applications to...