Even A Banana Can Get Use Through Tough Times!

I love this story that was passed along to me via my daughter.  I think that right now everyone, even those really in touch with their Enchanted Selves (that is their capacity to have positive states of being again and again, unique to themselves) are in need of some miracle stories and uplifting remarks.  Times […]

The Pleasures of Making Grandma’s Memories My Own

Each season requires special behaviors and activities on our part to optimize for ourselves living a purposeful and happy life. We actually have to practice our positive emotions, just as the champion tennis player practices her swing. We have to try to use our mental capacities as fully as possible, our cognitive capacities for thought, […]

I’m Ready to Be a Hip Hop Grannie!

The Olympics are over but my mind is still full of the excitement and thrill of watching the games in China. I’m also still thinking about the Hip Hop Grannies that I saw in one of the portraits of everyday life in China. These gals get together every morning and do everything from oriental forms […]

The Comfort and Delight of Belonging

I have a desire to share with you, a beautiful story told to me by a young lady.  It was the end of the World War II and her dad was returning home. He came from a very close network of Italian families that lived near each other in New Jersey. He had a ride […]