If you focus on pleasing others you will always be exhausted. It’s an endlessly shifting kaleidoscope. But if you focus on pleasing the...

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head...

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant. — Henry David Thoreau The one serious...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. — Theodore Roosevelt Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful. — Annette...

We are all born for love…It is the principle of existence, and its only end. — Benjamin Disraeli What we need is more people who...

— Unknown The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it’s in the being. When I need love from others, or need...

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other...

There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between...

When time is so short and demands are so high, leisure and lengthy reflection opportunities can be illusive. In those rushed moments...

Dear Happy Traveler, I have always been curious about words… their origin, their apparent meaning, and their embedded or double meaning....

"Be happy in the moment – that’s enough. Each moment is all we need – not more." — Mother Teresa "Live in the present moment and find...

Dear Treasured Traveling Companions, ‘It’s possible for you to feel happy—and that choice is yours to make at any moment.’ — Michael...

Can you have one without the others? It seems that they are not pieces, but rather intricately woven together. They call us to return to...

There’s too much emotion, too much negative emotion: frustration, hatred, anger. I think that’s the greatest obstacle. So I think as a...

“Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda, Return of the Jedi How could a little green alien be so wise? Go ahead. Right now,...

Hello, Rhonda here. I am with my grandsons (and my two daughters) in Long Beach. These three little guys are ages five, 16 months and 18...