How a scary moment with my mother caused me to refocus my mind and remind me how to deal with moments of turbulence....

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Donald Trump won't be able to control us where it really matters....

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We open it with a tiny smile, a breath, a whisper. With a hand placed on a friend's back so she doesn't need to cry alone, even if you can't imagine why she needs to be a crying....

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If they are monsters, then so are we! Get used to your own reflection in the mirror, and see if you can bear up with that....

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We need to remember that there is so much more change within us than we believe possible....

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Without the capacity to see beyond the ceiling of our own personal clouds, we fear that a substantive increase in our giving will deplete us....

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Habits are hard to change... but only because our brain has convinced us they are. ...

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Never doubt that you can bounce back eventually. I didn’t believe it until it happened. But art gave me that hope....

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People wonder what they can do to decrease the tumult in the world today. I offer only this: That we rededicate ourselves to the ideal of giving to our children as a means of creating more love....

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It's Yom Kippur: time for my annual sermon. And time, as always, for introspection....

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