“I have never met a hopeful kid that joined a gang.” Fr. Gregory Boyle Father Gregory Boyle traces the beginning of Homeboy Industries to an ex-con’s walking into his office in the Dolores Mission in Los Angeles. In his TED…
“A succulent wild woman is one of any age who feels free to fully express herself in every dimension of her life.” ~ Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) We know it is spring when this little finch returns to our…
My Aunt Grace held strong opinions on a lot of things. Sometimes she would say, “Don’t be so open-minded your brains fall out.” She meant you had to have moral fiber, that being open to others’ ideas did not necessarily…
Starting at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, four Ojibwe women and an Eagle Staff carrier are taking pure waters from the river’s source to its mouth in New Orleans. They walk for the water, for the pristine river it…
It didn’t matter if the tears were real or faked. It didn’t matter if the weeping person was a stranger or the owner. When dogs saw someone who appeared to be in distress, they sniffed, nuzzled and licked, offering canine…
As soon as the red-winged blackbirds return to Kelowna (January 26th in 2013), I start searching every tree for signs of buds. Pussy willows are earliest to show off their assurance spring will come, as it has every other year.…
“The sacred is where you find yourself again and again.” Joseph Campbell I was cooking when the interview with Anthony Lawlor began on CBC radio’s Tapestry program. I enjoy cooking for company, but Lawlor lifted the task into the realm…
This post marks another milestone on the blog. Today starts the 365-day countdown. Assuming I can maintain this one-a-day schedule, one year from today I will reach my goal of 1,001 reasons for hope. This journey is one of the…
Gary Vaynerchuk, I have to hand it to you. You’re right about doing what we’re passionate about. I’ve been living at the lower-middle-class level most of my adult life and have spent nearly the entire time doing what I love.…
The more we focus on what is right with the world, the more reasons we find to be hopeful. The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley is one of those reasons. GGSC is committed not only…
