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What we must learn from the Trayvon Martin tragedy
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The death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an African-American youth, at the hands of self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman has recently captivated this nation in controversy. Critics are upset about the way the case was handled by local law enforcement officials, especially the fact that Zimmerman was never arrested or charged with wrongdoing after shooting t...
Read Full Post »What to do when things fall apart
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Life is tough, there’s no question about that. Sooner or later nearly everyone finds a time when nothing seems to make sense any more, life is going nowhere and there’s no clear path to follow. Maybe you hate your job or the relationship you’re in or you are just tired of it all, but you don’t know what t...
Read Full Post »Letters to the broken-hearted: number 2
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“From the flames of suffering the soul rises,
a shimmering ray of light that illuminates the night.”
Dear friend,
Once again I am writing to you in your darkness, hoping to bring the faint light of a single candle to your midst. Hoping you will see, if only briefly, the thin thread of hope that ...
Read Full Post »End-of-life movie review - Death: A Love Story
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Death: A Love Story is a documentary film by Michelle Le Brun that was co-produced with her deceased husband, filmmaker Mel Howard. For this movie Michelle and Mel turned the camera on themselves as they traced t...
Read Full Post »Why you can't give up no matter how tough things are
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Life has been a little shaky for a lot of people these past few years. With high levels of unemployment, an unprecedented number of home foreclosures, rising gas prices, increasing costs of healthcare, more frequent natural disasters, and higher-than-ever rates of obesity, diabetes, depression and anxiety, we’ve got a lot on our plates right now.
Suffering is at an all-time high in this country, not only for adults who must cope with all these difficulties, but also for the 20...
Read Full Post »Letters to the broken-hearted: number 1
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“Though your mind overflows with questions put them to rest in the darkness and let the stars in the night sky be your answer.”
Dear Friend,
I know that your heart is so broken right now that you cannot ...
Read Full Post »Where was God on 9/11?
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Two months to live
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My Stories WON'T Help You GET RICH or LOSE WEIGHT!!!
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That’s probably why only a few people will actually ever hear them. They DON’T offer QUICK RESULTS, INSTANT SUCCESS, or 5 SIMPLE STEPS!!! In fact, in the judgment of the publishing industry: there’s nothing NEW about these stories. (But, there are 1,000’s of books out there that do offer all of those things. If th...
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