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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Improving our lives entails discomfort. Improvement can be tricky to realize, however, and just being uncomfortable is not a sign that improvement is on the horizon.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The other day, I ran across an interesting post. In it, Melissa Urban, of Whole30 fame, summarized a talk she attended by psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula.   I wanted to share her thoughts with you all as I believe people with a God-centric worldview must be very clear about this concept inContinue reading “Dealing With Narcissists”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Last weekend, I had the great fortune to deliver a parenting seminar at the Islamic Society of Frederick (MD). This is a topic of the utmost importance and one that usually leaves me recalling the words of the late poet Kahlil Gibran.In his famous poem “On Children,” Kahlil Gibran starts withContinue reading “Your Children Are Not Your Children”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – God has portioned out a certain lot for each one of us in this life.   Superficially and as far as we can see with the worldly eye, some have it better than us and we have it better than some others. The reality of God’s wisdom in His portioning is aContinue reading “Don't Fall Prey to This Trick”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A large part of my vocation is to sit down with people and listen to their experiences.   Listening isn’t enough, though. Engagement

COLLEGE PARK, MD – A lot of people want what they want.Most also want happiness. The problem with that is, generally, the two cannot coexist. We can be happy or we can have what we want. Only if we conform our wants with reality can we have both.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Last week, we discussed a particular type of person – peaceful warriors. Peaceful warriors are rare in part because of the balance they achieve in a number of tricky aspects of life. One of those is knowing the difference between being hurt and injured. This is a common idea in theContinue reading “Hurt or Injured?”

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Dan Millman described an interesting type of person in his bestseller Way of the Peaceful Warrior. As the title implies, that type of person is a peaceful warrior. We can all read the book to get Millman’s take on peaceful warriors, but I’ll share my take in this week’s column.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Some time ago, we discussed the desire we all share to be happy.   In short, the key to attaining happiness is to live with gratitude. My opinion is that gratitude is the manifestation of attentiveness towards God. That sounds simple enough. In practice, however, we all ebb and flow in ourContinue reading “Activate Your Happy State”