“Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it’s not out there is that it’s inside us.” Sonja Lyubomirsky Recently I was sitting patiently in a hospital waiting room when an elderly man with gray hair flowing past his ears, happily walked by. I looked at his blissful face then noticed his blue baseball cap with large white letters declaring: Pearly Gates “Pearly gates” is a traditional Christian expression referring to the entrance to Heaven. White is a symbol

Years ago, I was with a group of former Marines helping out a Marine’s ailing father manage farm chores in the Midwest. As a northern boy raised in the city, I had no knowledge of the management and difficulties of tending acres of corn, soybeans and vegetables, irrigation, and weed control. Tending to livestock, bailing hay, driving tractors, and milking cows were not in my skillset. Sitting for breakfast at 5 a.m. was a shock as I sat frozen, staring at a large slice of rhu

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by...