Practice Resurrection – My Favorite Poem by Wendell Berry

Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all...

I Wish I Was Fearless

This is a little poem on being fearless that I wrote to accompany this painting....

Don’t Turn Down This Invitation!

"There is only one invitation it would kill me to refuse, yet I’m tempted to...

I Am Not Who I Am (Rembrandt And I)

God says “I am who I am.” But with human beings it should be: “We...

Practical Remedies Against Melancholy – By Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith was born in the 18th century and writes about his solutions to melancholy...

One Thing You Can Do That Changes Everything

ow strange is it that Jesus calls himself a door? By walking through Him you...

The Man Who Turned Pain into Ecstatic Beauty

Dr. Who is a time traveler and in this episode he takes the painter Vincent...

What If Life Was Meant to Be Seen?

What if Life was meant to be seen? Our only job To notice the bird in the tree Wondering...

Turning Sadness into Joy – Vincent van Gogh’s Life

He was very poor, got heartbroken several times, got betrayed by friends, had a complicated...

The Second Coming of the Trees – A Poem by Wendell Berry

The country where he lives is haunted by a ghost of an old forest. In the cleared...

What I Learned From My 90-year-old Friend

When we got to know each other we were surprised at how similar we were,...

What it Means to Be Yourself – Inspired by Virginia Woolf

To be yourself is not as straightforward as it sounds. In fact, yourself has everything...

You Are Alive

“And what is it like: to be alive in this maybe one place of all...

Finding Beauty in Grieving

Grieving over someone who died is painful. But in this experience there are also places...

Learn to See New Things

even now, 50 years later, it is still an interesting show to watch. It teaches...

Oh, I Smell Spring!

“It was a bland day in early April and spring was looking at you round...

Thoughts on Hope at the Post Office – By John Berger

“The post office at Auxonne is small and the postmistress has blue eyes. I have...

Walking on the Edge of the Abyss

but I don’t feel scared, really. Rather amazed, every day, that I am still standing...

What We Lost With the Invention of the Photograph

I do think we lost something profound with the invention of the photograph: The trust...

You Are Not Who You Were Last November

“The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and...

Lovely Song About The Joy of Beauty in Spring and Summer

I hope you enjoy this lovely song by Karen Peris, it reminds me of those...

How to Always Look Lovely According to Roald Dahl

if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and...

How to Alter the Past

This letter is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking things I’ve read so far....