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I walked into the middle of a movie today thinking I could “pick it up” half way through. I ended up leaving frustrated not knowing the complete story. It occurred to me that is how it is when we judge others. We never know the complete story of someone else’s life. We don’t know the…

Our son attends Learning Rx (a program to assist brain functioning), and on my way there with him I was thinking about how great it is that someone had the initiative to start up this franchise. Without it there would be one less option available to help our son with his learning issues. That is…

I was recently thinking about the statement that “sin” is doing something against God’s will. What exactly does this mean? What is God’s will? Religion is often the “authority” making this statement and is often the “authority” making the “lists” of those things that are against God’s will. Lists that we often blindly follow. Let’s…

I read a study that concluded people are basically driven by two fears in life: 1. Not having enough; and 2. Not being enough. On the one hand we fear not having enough things in life to be happy; but on the other hand we fear that our lives will be wasted by not being…

In the last post I asked you to write down the five most important things to you in life. I wrote down the following: Family Friends Security Wisdom Having Fun We often go through life without spending much time thinking about the things on which we place value.   We may be setting ourselves up for…

Write down the five most important things to you in life. Tune in next time for a discussion about your happiness as it relates to those things. Timothy Velner is a husband, father, attorney and author living in Minneapolis. You can follow his daily blog – a series of discussions between the worry-self and the…

I prefer the municipal swimming pool for our family while my wife would like us to join a country club. At the pool today, I was reminded why I tend to favor municipal swimming pools over country clubs, the city over the suburbs, and public schools over private schools. I like the variety. I like…

Let’s cut the crap about the concept of being saved (that heaven is only for true believers), and use some common sense: 1. A God that punishes for incorrect thought is not very loving. If a human did that we would call him or her “evil.” 2. It has human fingerprints all over it. 3.…

When I’m out and about, I often reach down and pick up garbage. Today my daughter asked me: “Why do you always do that? Why do you pick up garbage?” I thought about it for a minute, and said: “Because it’s something small I can do to help the world. And if we all do…

Below is a transcription from a portion of a seminar by Anthony de Mello – A Jesuit priest from India, who is widely regarded for his teachings on practical spirituality. He died in 1987, and his writings have been criticized by the Catholic church. I’m grateful for having been exposed to his common sense wisdom.…
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