I received a fortune one night when I won Shanghai, a mahjong tile game I play on my iPad. At the game’s conclusion the fortune flashed up, “Happiness Brings Good Luck” and I thought, How true! People often mistakenly think that when they have good luck...
More information / Purchase this book This chapter is devoted to hearing that small still voice; the one that normally does not insist that you listen to it, rather it comes with valuable information that you often realize was important in retrospect. It usually comes, unformed,...
Ever spontaneously think about someone you love or a friend you’ve been missing? Does this ever happen when it isn’t a convenient time to drop what you’re doing to give them a call, shoot a text, write a letter or email? It frequently happens to...
If you are here and paying attention, you can learn amazing things from unexpected sources. Great teachers are everywhere. Of course it requires being interested, taking the attention off of yourself, listening and having the willingness to see and admire the human spirit and heart....
It was almost April and on the eighth, I would be turning six years old. This milestone would be celebrated with gifts, my favorite foods and a homemade chocolate birthday cake with yummy white frosting. My mom and dad also planned a birthday party for...
As our flight lifted off from the helicopter terminal near Smithers, British Columbia, I watched the ground recede out the window near my feet. Having called “dibs” I was happily strapped into the copilot seat on the left front side of the bird. Shya sat...
I don’t normally consider myself a courageous person. But as I look at the subject with a wider lens, I have come to realize that courage doesn’t only happen in times of loss or during great stresses and momentous events. We are all challenged by...
Click here for more information or to purchase this book I started picking berries for money at the age of 6. My aunt Joyce took me with her to the berry fields to "help out" at her summer job and after a full day of picking...
Ariel and I were sitting on the couch in our sunroom. We’d just finished watching a romantic movie on Netflix and were leaning shoulder-to-shoulder enjoying each other’s warmth. Before I knew it, we were kissing and nuzzling – not heading anywhere, just being. When I was...
I went on a fishing trip up to a remote area in Canada, about an hour’s ride by helicopter south and west of Juneau, Alaska. Ariel wasn’t with me on this particular venture so mornings and evening meals were with the host family, guides and...