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A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name....

It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world. We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our...

The difference between real life and a story is that life has significance , while a story must have meaning . The former is not always ap...

Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.

Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.

Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion. And, as with all good unions, it takes much experience and ti...

Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you...

A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, s...

One of the strangest things is the act of creation. You are faced with a blank slate—a page, a canvas, a block of stone or wood, a sil...

Today is an ephemeral ghost . . . A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time it does not “e...

Incidentally, the world is magical. Magic is simply what’s off our human scale . . . at the moment.

It’s a fact— everyone is ignorant in some way or another. Ignorance is our deepest secret. And it is one of the scariest things o...

Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant as...

Love—not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking ...

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal ex...

Relief is a great feeling. It’s the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and st...

Karma has been a pop culture term for ages. But really, what the heck is it? Karma is not an inviolate engine of cosmic punishment....

Believe it or not, the notions of free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive. Predestination is the universal framework of limit...

On this material plane, each living being is like a street lantern lamp with a dirty lampshade. The inside flame burns evenly and is ...