Coping with grief feels complicated, but there are many ways to get started. In exactly one month, it will be ten years since my Mom passed away. And while life goes on, there are days when I feel as though I am nowhere near getting over it. Some days the pain…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
As we usher in a new year, a new decade, I think it is important that every day is a new day. A fresh start. So maybe we’re eating breakfast with the same people. Or going to the same job and working with the same people. In fact, maybe not much…
It’s been a mixed month as usual. The colder weather means severe sinus headaches, the possibilities of colds and infections—and in short—life happens. We try and manage as best as we can as we focus on all the good things. It’s weird though. I am usually organized but the past few…
The poem “A Stranger Passes By” is such a poignant example of how we are sometimes guilty of taking our loved ones for granted and skip showing them the courtesy they deserve. I remember, more than a decade ago, my son asking me why we are always so particular about saying…
Most of us spend more time than we care to admit, hunched over our computers and other devices. This affects our posture negatively. The two inches taller meditation technique not only helps maintain positive posture but also boosts self confidence. Poor posture has a number of serious health side effects. These…
I read this poem, The Most Beautiful Flower by Cheryl L. Costello-Forshey–whose poems have appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books–quite some time ago and yes, saved it for the Wednesday Wisdom series which I started much later. It’s a lovely poem and brought tears to my…







