I asked 3 people for an L word, and guess what? They all said, ‘Love’ immediately. It's a word everybody uses all the time, probably multiple times a day. You’re not surprised, right? Turn on the radio (if you still have one) or peruse your ipod. What do you hear?...

K is a Rare Bird K is the fifth least frequently used letter in the English language, after J, X, Q, and Z, with a frequency of about 0.8% in words. When I asked for a K word, people had difficulty thinking of one because they are rare in our language. Somebody...

We are up to the letter J in our jaunt through the alphabet!  According to Wikipedia, it is the fourth least frequently used letter in words, being more frequent only than ⟨z⟩, ⟨q⟩, and ⟨x⟩. It is, however, common in proper nouns, especially personal names....

  When you were in school, do you remember taking the IQ tests? After the test you received a number which was supposed to represent how ‘smart’ you were. Today it seems silly to think a number can indicate a person’s intelligence. What kind of intelligence was...

Many years ago, there was a wonderful yoga teacher named Lilias on PBS. She used to talk about taking a ‘minute vacation.’ What do you conjure up when you hear this phrase? Maybe you see a sunny beach, or a quiet green meadow, or an amusement park or a playing field....

Today I Walk in Gratitude Imagine if you wake up and the first thought you have is, “Wow! How grateful I am to begin this day!” And then imagine that each time you meet someone you think to yourself, “How grateful I am to be with this person. I know s/he has a lot to...

Do You Have A Formula For Happiness? Today we are up to F in our travel through the alphabet and the word that popped out of the dictionary at me is ‘formula’. I love this word - it has so many rich ideas within it. Let’s be creative today with this word. What comes...

Extraordinary I had an extraordinary experience early this spring. It was a lovely warm morning and I stepped out onto my deck to water my plants. An empty pot which I had left on the railing from the previous winter caught my eye. I noticed an almost imperceptible...

What’s in Your Dreams? We’re up to the letter D so today’s word is ‘dreaming.’ Dreaming is what many of us do when we are sleeping. We may have happy dreams, we may have scary dreams. We may have jumbled up dreams. Do you dream in color or remember a certain odor or...

When Catastrophe Strikes! Our word today, fittingly so I think, is catastrophe. That certainly would be a good description for a number of events that have happened recently. In fact, it seems as if there is a catastrophe occurring somewhere in the world regularly....