We live in a time where we can increasingly witness all the violence, sadness, and grief of our fellow humans. I have recently had several conversations with people who have expressed the thought that there has always been a lot of violence in the world - a lot of bad things happening - but we have not had the technology to be aware of it all.

When was the last time you allowed yourself to sit back, receive, and revel in the abundance of your hard work? Just as a child would after accomplishing the creation of a towering sandcastle… can you remember those moments of pure joy?

It can be difficult to navigate what it is we truly want for ourselves at the core of our being. From a young age we are taught to override this with the responsibility of making others happy.

As I sit to write this, the approaching holiday for the veneration of our ancestors’ approaches.

In a room of 50 people, you can ask how many suffer from headaches and you will usually get half of them raising their hands.