What do you do when happiness seems to elude you? How do you cope when “fine” or “OK” are the best feel-good emotions you can summon?

It would be great to think being happy is simply a choice. Well, it is a choice, but sometimes it isn’t a simple one.

Life rarely stands still for long. Circumstan ...

There is something inspiring about the prospect of a fresh start.

I can remember times when the thought of moving to a new place or school was a welcome relief. I could leave my baggage behind and start all over.

Of course, you rarely move without your baggage, but that is a topic for another day.

January is a commo ...

“He pushed me.”

That was a statement I heard frequently when I taught elementary school. It is something you tend to think of as an unwanted physical action. Someone is forcing you to go in a direction you don’t want to go.

There are times though, when being pushed is a good thing.

Let me give you ...

Remember: to bring to mind or think again

            Mirriam-Webster

You remember things for a reason. This ability isn’t designed to torment you, it is a tool for survival.

Your memories allow you to

• recognize skills that helped you, so ...

“Only we humans worry about the future, regret the past, and blame ourselves for the present. We get frustrated when we can’t have what we want, and disappointed when what we like ends. We suffer that we suffer. We get upset about being in pain, angry about dying, sad about waking up sad yet another day. This kind of sufferi ...

“The only thing that is constant is change.” — Heraclitus

I have been watching my parents deal with major changes over the past few years as the aging process refuses to be ignored in their lives any longer.

Dad hasn’t driven since he fell in September and he mourns ...