Aug 27, 2021 | Monthly Musings
“The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow – the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.”...
Jun 17, 2021 | Monthly Musings
“Gathering is a practice to nurture and refresh.” -Priya Parker In the past two weeks, I have had the occasion to celebrate life and mourn loss. Over Memorial Day weekend, we celebrated my stepmother’s 75th birthday one year behind schedule. Instead of the...
Jun 17, 2021 | Monthly Musings, Purposeful Engagement
“It was always you. You are the library where you should lose yourself. The book you should read. The language you should learn. The place you should voyage. The discovery you should make. All the world’s wonder is a song. The notes and the singer are you.” –...
Apr 24, 2021 | Monthly Musings
“Mortality offers meaning to our lives and morality helps navigate that meaning.” -Todd May, Death: The Art of Living What I’m Watching: The Good Place Last month, I binge-watched The Good Place. In addition to it being a delightful show to watch, its...
Mar 5, 2021 | Monthly Musings
My head hurt. My shoulders ached. Coronasomnia (my sleepless nights before and after my bout with COVID) had resurfaced. This is how I knew that I was spending too much time in my head, on my thoughts. Too much doing. When the world shut down last March, my first...
Feb 13, 2021 | Monthly Musings
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Happiness can be found in life’s simplest...
