Sitting in a small pool, the toddler laughs joyfully as he frolics in the shallow water, unaffected by the summer heat. The fact that it is not a fancy pool, it retailed for about [...]
Sheets, blankets, and pillows were scattered on the floor as the children prepared to make their tent. But, wait: it wasn’t going to become a tent; it was to be a palace. Their cre[...]
An adventure for one person can seem a precarious risk to another. For instance, scaling Mount Everest is not on the faint-hearteds’ bucket list. Fighting for biodiversity in the r[...]
For centuries philosophers, poets, scientists, and others have wondered and postulated about the workings of the human mind. What is the nature of the mind? Why does one person’s p[...]
It can often seem that those around us expect more of us than we can deliver. Sometimes we add our own disappointments by expecting too much from ourselves. How can we live a more [...]
Another morning, and he found it difficult to get out of bed. The cloud of depression that accompanied him to bed did not disperse as he woke up. The alarm rang several times as he[...]
Do you remember your first crush? When thoughts filled your head about how you adored them? You yearned to tell them but feared rejection. Your friends offered all sorts of suggest[...]
Many people believe that the stages of the moon affect human behavior. Teachers have often stated how the full moon affects their students’ behavior, usually making them act moody [...]
“No! No! No!” screamed the toddler. He was not ready to go to bed, being fixated on finishing his building block project that he started a few minutes ago. Often, parents and their[...]