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My Garbage Blues: A Curbside Meditation
Does the partitioning of household waste in an elaborate classification system have implications for our spiritual lives?
I'm a Failure!
In our world of inverted values, a person may have abandoned his third wife, be estranged from his children, have no friends and his dog ran away from him, but he's called "successful" because he makes a lot of money...
Steering Into the Skid
It's the middle of another of our Canadian winters, and I find myself driving along our snow-covered streets just as a new layer of sleet begins to fall...
How to be Humble without being a Wimp
How to fly high above any challenge, smash through the most impervious obstacle, take on the entire world without flinching--and be humble about it, too!
Goal Setting Joseph’s Way
A 12-Step Biblical Program
Let's see if we can get some free Goal Setting advice from the Torah, without having to spend millions of dollars on research, or even $25 on a hardcover self-help book...
The Marshmallow
The children were told that they could eat their marshmallow immediately, right then and there. Or, they could wait 20 minutes and receive…another marshmallow
Global Husband Positioning System
How to get your husband to follow instructions and even ask (!) for directions - in four easy steps
Dogs and Rabbis
There's something that make us both objects of trepidation. And it's not the facial hair
Changing Seasons
The bare trees become full of life, lustre and hope, only to fade and fall away, returning back to the earth, gone. Is there a purpose to these revolving seasons, or are we in a cycle of endless and meaningless repetition?
Group Therapy
Spiritual group therapy has been standard practice by chassidic Jews for more than two centuries.
Burns
When something or someone touches this raw area, we experience a burning sensation of hurt, anger or misery...
A Good Time to Refocus
Rosh Hashanah is milestone for the entire world and everyone is welcome to dip a piece of apple in honey and celebrate a New Year.
Labor Day
Labor Day has been around since 1882; after 129 years, perhaps it’s time to dust off the holiday, shine some light on it and figure out what it’s all about. Or, more importantly, what it can mean to us . . .
The Scrabble of Life
A mystical interpretation of the word-lovers' game
I'm convinced that the game of Scrabble was invented by an undercover mystic...
Do You Want to Become a Diamond?
She calls this her "ultimate artwork" - having her body cremated after she dies and then compressed to form a diamond...
Fireworks!
This year, the fireworks lasted. In fact they're still there, bright and colorful, turning summersaults in the sky. Let me explain how that happened...
The Ticket
Am I entitled to act foolishly?
I had just pulled out of my parking spot and was fastening my seatbelt... What's next, fining consumers of heavy mayonnaise because of its high cholesterol content?
Allergies!
Are you allergic to the "difficult" people in your life? Three medically-tested methods of dealing with the irritation...
02:03:04:05:06:07
This won't happen again for another hundred years. I may forget by then. Should I wake up at 2:00 AM to experience this once-in-a-lifetime moment?
Taking Diet Lessons
What I Learnt From Dieting
By my thirteenth birthday I was overweight, and I have been dieting ever since. Following guidelines I’ve developed over the years, I have finally stabilized my weight. These strategies have also taught me how to successfully ride the roller coaster of life.
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