Let Jeremiah Show Us the Light — I’m reading Quarks of Light, What I Saw That Opened My Heart. Rob A. Gentile wrote the memoir about his experience as the parent of a special-needs child, managing his career, and living through massive health issues, including a heart transplant. …

Surfing Waves of Emotion, Finding the Light — I’ve been writing this article for about three weeks. In other words, I haven’t written anything useful for almost a month. I’ve been stuck in a creative rut. It’s as if I’m stuck in a silent storm, with dark clouds consuming me. Whenever I attempted to write recently, I produced…

Insights from Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy I’m on vacation with my family in Telluride, Colorado. For those of you who know me well, I love the mountains. It’s as if they call me; the trees, lakes, and high mountain peaks soothe my soul. It’s also a time to read a great book. I will share what…

Discover the White Stone When I was a young boy, I stole money from my mother’s purse. I walked to the local drug store which was a mile or more away from our home, because in the early 1960's, children could do that. I walked into the store, and the man who owned it…

And Learn to Love It — I suck at belonging. Honestly, I do. Why? Because that’s the story I tell myself, and I routinely tell others the same thing. I relish not needing to belong to much other than my family, my business partnership, to a pack of writers on Medium, and a local gym. I…

How to Steal Back Our Focus and Improve Life — As the patriarch of our family here in Arizona, I love hosting the growing Jones Clan of Scottsdale to be with my wife and me when we have dinner on many Sunday nights. …

A Transformation to Willingness, Openness, and Honesty — I used to fear the dark and the bullfrogs that croaked at night in the pond behind the second house where I lived as a boy. I used to fear fitting in with the other kids in my school and neighborhood. I used to seek the approval of others, which…

How to Embrace Uncertainty In Uncertain Times — Have you ever felt anxiety not knowing what’s next? For example, many of us fear and are anxious about not knowing how to pay our bills, find the right job, or connect with a lover we can love unconditionally. If so, rest assured that pain, discomfort, worry, fear, and anxiety…

Studying the Phenomenon of Existential Continuity — Did you know an entire department of academics at the University of Virginia has studied the phenomenon of existential reality for decades? Most people I ask about reincarnation don’t think much about it. Nor do they know about the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia. …