What Are Your Lifetime-Best Decisions?
We think with distaste of bad decisions we made. Hitler decided to invade Poland. I bought an MG Midget. Along with our bad decisions are many good decisions. One of my best decisions was to move to Australia to take an academic position at the University of New...
Try New Perspectives
I remember the first time I flew above the clouds. I felt enthralled. Clouds look different and amazing from above. Singer Joni Mitchell wrote her greatest song, “Both Sides, Now,” while having a similar experience while flying. In the song she...
Is Pride Good or Bad?
Can you name the Seven Deadly Sins? They are harder to remember than the Seven Dwarfs. I will help you with the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. This list comes from Christian writers 1600 years ago. The Catholic Church helped...
Travel Light Through Life
I recently visited Europe for three weeks. I took along only a carry-on bag because I like to travel light. That way I avoid having to wait for my suitcase to show up on an airport conveyor belt. Also, I have less to lug around. Traveling light can be valuable in many...
Psychological Value of Seeing Wild Animals
On a November weekend, as I was driving on the campus of the University of New England, I stopped the car to look at an echidna. As soon as I got out, two students in lab coats ran over and said that they had been looking out their lab window for months...
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