There's so much to know to have a happy life.  And at my advanced age I've noticed that a whole lot of us never got the instructions...

For those of us who have the responsibility for home care, the weight of it sometimes can feel crushing. Carrying around a crushing weight d...

It took me a long time but after years and years I finally noticed that I had a long list of problems that I had never solved.  I complained...

Dear God, I was stuck with the dishes from the time I was seven and I was an incompetent dishwasher.  I never really finished and there we...

Dear God, I'm awfully lazy.  I spent most of my life cooking for other people.  It was an obligation.  It never even occurred to me to...

Dear God, I don't like going to the grocery store.  It seems like such a hard chore.  May I remember that gathering food is honoring y...

Dear God, Please guide my thoughts and desires as I list the items to buy at the grocery store.  I hope you will help me remember to selec...

I just 'googled' ceremonies and rituals for food and eating and nothing came up except descriptions of ways food is used in religiou...

I always thought surrender was a bad thing.  It meant I had lost and was a loser.  It meant that I was just stuck in my helplessness and wou...

When I started moving from feeling helpless to solve problems to living in solutions, it felt like a whole new planet and a whole new life. ...

For so much of my adult life I lived with what I thought were unsolvable problems.  That's a hellish way to live.  After I came into rec...

I've learned that taking a good look at what's causing my stomach to knot up is a terrific idea even if it's a little unpleasant...

I used to have an on-going source of misery in trying to figure out what to wear.  I was 100% unhappy with my clothes 100% of the time.  I w...

September in Leo's Sea Change program (Zen Habits), is letting go of being judgmental month.  Wow!  That's a challenge for me, for s...

A very long time ago - probably about 20 years ago - I discovered that if I fell asleep with the T.V. on, it helped me sleep better.  Instea...

I spent the greater portion of my life in a rush to finish my to do list.  I started making todolists when I was a teenager because somehow ...

For a lot of my adult life I just wanted all my emotions to just go away.  I kind of wanted happy to stay but was willing to give it up to g...

Since people in recovery talk to each other about problems a lot, I've heard a lot from wives who are sick of their husbands demanding s...

When I'm quiet and listen to people talk around me in public settings, it surprises me how much of their conversation is either complain...

From time to time I notice that I deeply believe that social convention is a total load of hog wash.  I've believed it for such a long t...