Tag: wellness

If You Are Depressed, I Hope You Read This

“The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.” ~John Milton Why? Because when we are depressed, we need to hear the good news. We are so busy listening to the misery track on repeat that anything positive or upbeat just makes us cringe.…

By Deby Jizi December 6, 2018 Off

The Gift of Friendship

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.” ~Steve Jobs,…

By Deby Jizi October 23, 2017 Off

If Not Now, When? If Not Me, Who?

“One hot summer afternoon the monastery cook, an elderly monk, was spreading mushrooms on a mat to dry in the sun. A young monk saw him and asked, ‘Why is an old man like you doing such hard work in the heat of the day?’ The old monk replied, ‘If not me, who? If not…

By Deby Jizi August 1, 2017 Off