RichMatters

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you’ve noticed the flurry of reports of incidences related to young people. Include fighting in sports, gangs, conflict around the world, and mix in a newspaper editorial about “violence and our ‘depraved video age’” and there isn’t much room for anything else, is there?

Yes, one can appreciate all the work, the studies, the attention in which so many people are involved, in order to try to lessen incidences of violence, and it may be time to take a step back, rearrange our thinking, and look outside the box. Continue reading →

What in the world does one say when one returns after having been away for awhile, working on other projects? I suppose there is the question of, ‘Why did you go away?’

But more importantly, I am asked, ‘Why did you come back?’ Well, I have enjoyed looking at the many things that matter in my life, hopefully giving you readers the idea of looking into your own lives for what matters. Continue reading →

Sometimes in my reading, I discover a unique quote that speaks eloquently what I want to say for myself. In this case, it speaks about the New Year.
Taking these words to heart for 2016 will matter a whole bunch.

The beauty is that in metaphor form, the quote touches each of us in a different way.

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‘You should live your life passionately,’ I am told. First, let me say that I agree full-heartedly. It sounds darned exciting, as a matter of fact! And there have been times when I was aware that I was actually doing that. But does true passion exist in the awareness of it, or in the being-ness of it?

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