There's something unique about having a member of a family that really needs you in order to function well. One of the deepest longings a person can have is to feel needed and essential. [Fred ... Read More about Family
Cycle-of-Life Season
Tradition
Tradition, with its ritual element, is a way of recapturing the past for a while, often in the company of others with a shared set of traditions. The values and ethics in our Human Faith model ... Read More about Tradition
Solitude
Even love is reborn in solitude. For only in solitude are those who are alone able to reach those from whom they are separated. Only the presence of the eternal can break through the walls that ... Read More about Solitude
Society – Companionship – Togetherness
Homo sapiensis a social animal. We crave the society and companionship of others. We have thrived as an interdependent species; that interdependence shapes the values that human beings must develop ... Read More about Society – Companionship – Togetherness
Individuality
My passionate interest in social justice and social responsibility has always stood in curious contrast to a marked lack of desire for direct association with men and women. I am a horse for single ... Read More about Individuality
Experiences and Identity
All life events are formative. All contribute to what we become, year by year, as we go on growing. As my friend the poet Kenneth Koch once said, "You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages ... Read More about Experiences and Identity
Environment
Our environment consists of everything external to the self that affects us in any way: the physical world as well as other living organisms, including people, and all the social, political, economic ... Read More about Environment
Physical Systems
I arise early in the morning to work on this project. For a few hours, I am at my peak. Then, after a few hours thinking about the subject matter of these pages, my mind is no longer as fresh as it ... Read More about Physical Systems
Habits and Attitudes
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. [Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), Chapter 15.] We have explored the value of good habits (actions) but we also know, from ... Read More about Habits and Attitudes