Change may be gradual, but our realization of it comes in bursts.
In the Western consciousness, emotion has had a bad rap as the opposite of reason and good judgment. But psychological and neurological research reveal that emotion is the primary organizing force for...
Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad news, I try to say a prayer for the victims. When I am troubled, I will say a prayer t...
As long as we can do most of what we want to do, we are young-old age. When our health fundamentally changes the way we live, we have entered old-old age.
This pivotal experience taught Mitch that to participate in a democracy, you must show up, meet people, and volunteer. It doesn’t work to wait to be discovered.
Schools are the frontline institution for acculturation, where children receive solid information about their new world.
Healing the earth is not a liberal or conservative idea— it is a form of prayer.
It is difficult to convince humans to act when the payoffs are uncertain while the sacrifices are substantial and immediate.
We don’t see the world as it is, but rather as we are.
Whether or not we have a family, we need to live interdependently with others. Our growth depends on interaction: isolation is the quickest path to stagnation.
Why don't they go back where they belong?Refugees are here because they had no choices but to be here.
In his book The Pursuit of Happiness, psychologist David Myers reviewed research on the relationship between money and happiness. He found that once personal income had reached a stable but rather mod...
Flexibility
Most of us met when we were in our vigorous thirties and forties. We were smart, energetic, and moving up. But now our energy was abating and we weren’t moving up anymore. Our conversations were about...
Ten Common Beliefs of the JPI Refugees are ignorant and have no formal education.
It seems counterintuitive that more choice leads to more depression. However, when we increase people's opportunities for control, we increase their expectations of control and their sense of responsi...
Tax dollars go to teach refugees in their own languages. Actually, the concept of ELL is that our publicly funded schools teach newcomers English.
We need to help refugees and immigrants early with job training, education, language, and business loans.
This bittersweet phenomenon of a successful event paired with no discernible political gain seemed to be a chronic problem for our group. However, we were experiencing a victory that could not be take...
This book focuses on the attitudes and skills we need in order to let go of the past, embrace the new, cope with loss, and experience wisdom, authenticity, and bliss.
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