Editorial
I’ve heard Wayne Dyer say that it is more important to be kind than it is to be right. I have often thought of these words and have done my best to live by them, finding a great deal of freedom in living according to this value. Kindness definitely has its own rewards. It brings […]
Money! Power! Health! Relationships! Great Abs! You can have it all! Self-help books consistently top the bestseller lists, and workshops based on “The Secret” and other success formulas consistently sell out. Why does our society have such a strong fascination with self-improvement? There is, of course, an underlying message and feeling that who you are […]
In the wee hours of the morning of July 3, 1992 the magazine you’re holding was conceived. That morning I dreamed of a resource guide for the holistic community. Felicia and I discussed the business plan while strolling 4-month old Marissa at the mall. Divvying up the right brain and left brain tasks was easy […]
Have you ever read a book that transforms your ideas about life and helps you see things in a new way? I just finished reading Byron Katie’s newest book, A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are. Katie is the author of the bestselling book, Loving What Is. For the […]
Since learning about solar energy, I have often wondered why we, as a society, have only been able to utilize this natural, clean source of power in a very minimal way. I personally have wished for a long time to have solar power for my home. Recently, a friend told us about a company that […]
Have you ever dined at a restaurant and felt welcomed and nurtured? The food tasted heavenly, the ambiance, exquisite. How about the other experience—the fast food joint that shuffles you along like a piece of machinery on a conveyor belt. What differed? Which establishment had “heart?” Which was run by people “on the clock?” All […]
On April 13, 2006 Dallas and the world lost a great man when Francis Simun passed over in a Pittsburgh hospital after fighting a brain tumor for nine months. Francis was 71 years young and his bright spirit will be missed by countless friends/customers of The Francis Simun Bakery on Commerce Street.
Last summer my son had brought a pair of swimming goggles with him to day camp, and he put them in his cubby. On this day he noticed a little six-year old boy standing near his cubby. Later he noticed that his goggles were missing and he saw this boy wearing them. He reported this […]
We live in an age of information explosion. In the 1960s, we had only three major television networks. Today with cable, satellite and internet options, we can tune into one of several million channels anytime. Many of us watch TV and surf the web at the same time; and with TiVo and podcasts we can […]
Who inspires you? I have been thinking a lot about inspiration lately. Inspiring people help motivate us to expand our minds about what is possible. We remind ourselves that if they can do it, then so can we. I have always loved the statement in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” about believing 6 impossible things […]
