Artwork©xartdesign/123rf “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” — Helen Keller Crossroads, contradictions and ironies are recurring themes during the summer months. Choices...

Photo©ShannonFagan/123rf I share the sentiment of writer Eckhart Tolle when he says, “The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not the voice in your head — but the one who is aware of it.” Now then, if we are not that voice or those voices in our head,...

Photo©robertogalan/123rf Dutch Kids Declared The World’s Happiest (Again). Here’s Why. by Gavin Haines, Positive.News A mother cycles determinedly through the drizzle while her togged-up toddler sits on the crossbar squinting in the rain. The sky is black and the...

Photo©zarahmad/123rf Walk into a piece of old growth Pacific Northwest forest, and something happens to you. The light goes liquid. The air thickens. The moss is six inches deep on every horizontal surface. The Doug firs go up two hundred feet without a branch and...