We all agree that life is important. Yet even the most gifted among human beings make decisions which squander hours, days, weeks, months and collectively, years. Even if we are accomplished professionals, sometimes the most important areas of life–deep inner emotional health, or living lives with daily joy and peace, despite changing external conditions–is an elusive […]
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What is Moral Injury? We know or have heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in regard to combat veterans. “Moral Injury” (MI) is a fairly new classification of a condition they suffer being discussed by psychologists and psychiatrists. On the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two PhDs, Shira Maguen and Brett Litz, wrote a […]
Regardless of what Thanksgiving has become or is to our nation, or in your personal or family traditions, the name of the holiday calls for and invites personal and collective reflection on the sources and influences in our lives for which we should be thankful. We should be thankful for Thanksgiving at least for the […]
The nature of compassion is connected with other persons. We cannot be compassionate towards ourselves. We cannot be compassionate apart from others. Compassion is a personal, subjective experience that arises within our minds and emotions when we see or hear of another person’s suffering. Compassion is our personal suffering, in some measure or form within […]
Universality of the Golden Rule The moral principle, treat others as you want them to treat you, is a universal idea. If you look at world religious and philosophical literature, you will see structurally similar teachings of the Golden Rule. This graphic was produced by a Roman Catholic Canadian organization, Scarboro Missions, which has a […]