We live in a world economy based primarily on wealth and materialistic need, fueled by planned obsolescence. At the same time most world leaders recognize a need for the intangibles—things that can’t be advertised, bought or sold. Character traits such as honesty, dignity and respect are often rooted in empathy. Why talk about empathy? Because [...]

For those of us who enjoy living in Four Seasons, but don’t enjoy snow-mobiling, -boarding, or -skiing, at this time of year we are rather tired of staying indoors.  After a while, it actually gets unhealthy–even for avid readers and musicians (like me).  If we are more attentive to the small little changes that are [...]

Somewhere in my past, I read an older book by philosopher/psychologist Paul Tournier –written before 1980 makes it ‘old’ right?  It was especially suitable for a parent to read, because the references were often made to how we feel about gifts based on our childhood memories, and how our parents ‘used’ gifts in our upbringing–or [...]