Entries from January 2009 ↓

“God bless the United States of America…” Thus ended President Obama’s inauguration speech on this beautiful, monumental, and historic day. It’s a new day, and you can feel the change in the air – the hope – the excitement – the joy. We’ve waited a long time for this kind of change to come, and now more than ever is the hour. I noticed something particular in the ceremonies today, though, something which hearkened back to a simpler, humbler time, when going to church on Sundays was the norm and unmarried men over the age of 30 were shunned.

Now I’ve always had my own interpretation of what “God” signifies, but I thought that was sort of a bad word amongst the intelligent and otherwise well-educated folks, at the least something you kind of kept to yourself, or reserved for your intimate friends and family. Throughout the ceremonies of the day, though, I kept noticing the references, prayers and benedictions to God. Is “He” suddenly cool, or am I missing something? Continue reading →

You may find this strange coming from me, but I’ve come to the realization lately that happiness alone does not necessarily make that much of a difference in your life – I’d even venture to say that happiness is overrated!

I’ve been thinking over this question for a long time. How important is happiness really? It’s a big topic in the public sphere. So many people nowadays are really coming into this question of how to find happiness. At the same time, everyone knows that happiness comes and goes. It’s a never-ending cycle. So how to break the cycle? Continue reading →