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Peace, or the lack of peace, is often associated with conflict. Conflict occurs when two or more people or groups compete with each other in order to get what they desire. The mules in this picture illustrate conflict. The problem with conflict isn’t conflict. The...

We have all had the experience of “My way” versus “Your way.” I say “Yes” to my way and “No” to your way. This approach tends to divide us and prevents us from discovering meaningful and beneficial possibilities. When my nephew Nick was in high school, he participated...

As we search for strategies and practices that lead towards peace, keeping an open mind appears essential. While reflecting on this, I have become aware of a strategy I have practiced so frequently that it has become a negative mental habit. That habit, which is a...

If you paged through the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper on New Year’s Day, you would have come upon the following headlines: Two shot at Mall of America, sending shoppers scrambling US and Russia face deep differences ahead of Ukraine talks Colorado fire victims...

2021 has certainly been a challenging year filled with all sorts of emotions. Paul Eckman, a University of California psychologist, identifies five basic emotions and how they appear in our lives: “We are hard wired for five emotions: fear, anger, sadness, disgust,...

A few summers ago, I was with my five-year-old granddaughter Emma at a Little League baseball game. As I watched the game, Emma wandered around the play area. Soon I saw her running towards me. “Grampa, look what I found,” she said as she opened her hand to show me a...

We acknowledged in Wellness Wednesday a month ago that we don’t know what’s possible, but we can identify the conditions that make what’s possible possible. When the following conditions are in place, we are able to achieve amazing results: Commitment – persevering...

In identifying the conditions that make what’s possible possible, we have focused on: Commitment – persevering Love – helping each other succeed and remembering to be good to each other Differences – being surrounded by people who bring and value different gifts,...

During November our Wellness Wednesday messages have been focusing on what is possible and establishing the conditions that make what’s possible possible. Last week we focused on commitment as one of those necessary conditions. When we are committed and persevere,...