Quit Haunting Yourself
by Alan Cohen – Hawaii
My friend Ashley got a job as a scare actor in a haunted house attraction for Halloween. She jumps out of a closet and yells, “Boo!” Then people shriek and run away. Hearing this, I scratched my head, wondering why people pay to be scared. This dynamic goes far beyond a Halloween prank. People pay […]
YOU ARE FOREVER by Ann Albers, and The Angels, Phoenix, AZ
Try for a moment to imagine an existence without end. All your goals now would be replaced with new ones… for eternity. All plans you make now will be fulfilled or replaced by others. All experiences you have would satisfy or not, and new desires would arise. All you have lost will be found. And […]
Pathways from Harmful Childhood Trauma to Hopeful Recovery
by Marc D Hauser
Albert was left at the entrance to an orphanage in Kenya when he was about 5 years old. He was mute, depressed, filthy, emaciated, and barely able to walk. Without a way to recount his autobiography, and with no family, he had no name, no birth date, no history. By the time I met him, […]