A series of studies in the United States and on the island of Taiwan found that people suppress their positive emotions less often than they suppress their negative emotions.

Perception is the subjective interpretation of thoughts and emotions combined to create a concept of my own. I’ve grown up to allow others to create that perception for me.

Being this close to a person creates the intimacy needed to have a relationship.

Shifting to curiosity requires us to approach both nature and people with an open mind, observing patterns instead of trying to dominate or manipulate them.

When we do our work and focus on trying not to make a mistake, a mistake is inevitable.

Thinking back on my story, confidence was the thing I lost the most when failing at my different job stops. I return to the idea of the three little pigs, realizing I built my foundation on straw and sticks. When life’s winds came around, my house fell. I questioned everything. Was I good at my…

Father Richard names the dance between joy and sadness as a necessary paradox of life:

It is very difficult to transcend the monotonous expectations of the workplace. We still have performance reviews, deadlines, and an unspoken drive to only succeed.

We’d like to believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but we usually take the side of the story we hear first.

I knew a monkey once. She belonged to the woman who owned the hotel across the street from my childhood home in Ethiopia.