The same suggestions show up on lists of what makes people happy. There is a sense that if only I won Powerball, I’d be happy forever. A Journal of Personality and Social Psychology study published in 1978 debunks that. The study compared the happiness level of lottery winners with non-winners and with people who had suffered a…
What kind of people do you like to be around? Are you interested in hanging out with friends who got straight A’s in school, graduated number one in their class or qualified for the NCAA championship in their sport? Those achievements are exciting and rewarding for the individual who accomplishes them, but we don’t use…
While Memorial Day is a day to remember, our proximity to Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) and its gravesites offer regular reminders of sacrifice. The Kennedy gravesite and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are two of the most visited sites on this hallowed ground. Section 60, memorializing those whose sacrifices occurred in America’s most recent wars, is…
Even if you don’t agree with her actions, motivation or beliefs, you have to admire Sister Megan Rice for walking her talk. Megan Rice, an 85-year-old Catholic nun, was released after serving two years in prison. Her crime — evading security and throwing human blood and painting peace slogans on the walls of a nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, TN.…
A BLAST FROM THE PAST from the RUNNING IN HIGH HEELS series by Jane F. Collen I was outside giving my seven-year-old son batting practice in the middle of the afternoon, abandoning the desk full of files waiting to be worked on, pitching around the blister I got from gripping my pen too tightly. I did…
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