I read a quote last week that stayed with me.  The quote said, “Buddha was not a Buddhist.  Jesus was not a Christian.  Mohammed was not a Muslim.  They were teachers who taught love.  Love was their religion.” I don’t have enough insight to speak of the experience of...

We have all had the experience of being in a store when an item on a shelf jumps out and screams, “buy me”!  On a recent trip to a big box store, the above picture immediately caught my attention.  It found its way into my shopping cart and now hangs inside my...

For the first time in my life, I owe the government money after filing my taxes.  The news came like a blow to the solar plexus.  I’m used to getting a healthy refund at tax time, which I use to pay for my villa in France (kidding, the villa is in Portugal).  I’m not...