Brotherly and sisterly love must start with me

Brotherly and sisterly love must start with me

  When’s the last time you said, “I love you,” to your siblings?Not recently, would be my answer. It’s sad.It’s amazing, when you think about it. I spent the first 18 years of my life sharing a bedroom with my brother, Paul, and all that goes along with that.In the...
Tapping into the power of positive thinking

Tapping into the power of positive thinking

Day in and day out, what are you grateful for? This question is part of a new approach to life that I’m trying out these days. Each morning, the first thing I do is pick up a pen and pad of paper that I keep on my bedstand. I write down one thing I’m grateful for....

NYT columnist: Power of relationships for men is clear

New York Times columnist David Brooks, in his column entitled, “The Heart Grows Smarter,” makes a number of significant points.  Among them, the citing of a study that concludes, “It was the capacity for intimate relationships that predicted flourishing in...