Contentment
Writing the date is painful. June makes me think of past Junes and contentment. This time at the lake has always been happy, peaceful, and enlightening. Talking trees with Jon, playing with Jimmy,...
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I think one of the things that people dread the most is getting old and the idea that "the best years of my life are over" or that I'm kind of, like, on the downslope. You...
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World Giving Index links happiness to generosity. The UK-based Charities Aid Foundation has designed the World Giving Index, a survey that covers 153 countries and 95% of the world’s population in...
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Remember your first checking account? Your first checkbook? I do. It meant everything. I opened my very own checking account straight out of college when I landed my first job. And when I received...
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The final comment before I let you go for the shalat break in a minute *insha Allah*. Just to give you introductory comment out of the way. Is that this year, when the Makkah was conqurered, which is...
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O beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan, please feel welcome. What does the Lord Almighty, the One and Only, speak? Our Lord speaks: wāhidūnī. He says: You must know of Me. You must know Me. wāhidūnī, you...
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A spirit of positivity infuses my life. Life brings knowledge, wisdom, and contentment. I have the power to make my life positive. Regardless of what happens to me today, my positive nature prevails....
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It's all about the pursuit. Sound familiar? We pursue earthly possessions based on insecurity about ourselves. What we have, and what we don't have. We see ourselves, our physical...
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CHAPTER 23 The next morning, when Archer got out of the Fall River train, he emerged upon a steaming midsummer Boston. The streets near the station were full of the smell of beer and coffee and...
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CHAPTER V The celebration went off well. The friends were all present, both the young and the old. Among the young were Flossie and Gracie Peanut and their brother Adelbert, who was a rising young...
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