What is it that you feel you need?  It could be a job, food, medication, health care, someone to listen to me, a new house, a car, a competent accountant, a visa, forgiveness, and the list goes on.  Depending on whom and under what circumstances this question is asked, the answers will vary greatly. …

The names we choose are important.  There is so much associated with the naming of a business, an event, etc.….a child.  Many times the names we use tell a lot about how we “perceive” that which we are talking about – be it a person, place, thing, or event. …

In the academy-award winning 1980 movie “Ordinary People,” directed by Robert Redford, and starring Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland, there is a climactic scene wherein the character “Conrad,” played by Timothy Hutton, explodes during a session with his therapist, played by Judd Hirsch.…

As we move into the first week in “ordinary time,” we find that we live our lives on the run.  There is no “breathing” space between the holidays and jumping headlong into the New Year!  Depending upon one’s economic status, a day in the life runs the spectrum from figuring out where the next meal is coming from in order to feed loved ones to knowing which stock is going to bring in optimal returns. …

Some people are frightened to hold a newborn baby.  There is a sense perhaps that this small bundle of life is too fragile.  We may be afraid that we won’t hold it correctly, or that we might hurt the baby.  There may also be the anxiety of not knowing what to do, should the baby cry. …