Dr. Carolyn Coon

for redemption. Regardless of who they are or what they’ve done, they deserve the opportunity to be redeemed from the state they got themselves into. If they sincerely regret their actions/words then, if we expect to have our second chance, we have to accord others this same opportunity. Without questionchange is the key. Without change was […]

  A path is a fascinating thing. It always leads. And it always starts from some place, which means that it always ends up some place. As you enter the path, which can typically be done from several points along the way, and you discover that it isn’t where you want to go, you can change the path

  Picture yourself on the crest of a hill. You can see all around you the panorama of streams and pastures, a small village and the mountains. The view is lush and very pastoral. It seems that you can see every tree, every bush and flower, every little blade of grass. Then your vision changes and you

  I’m one of those highly organized types that always seem to collect people who aren’t and who really don’t care that they aren’t. It’s not that they have their own brand of ‘organized’, they truly are totally and regret-lessly unorganized. I must admit that it’s almost like they wear it as a badge of

  Just how important IS the intent (motivation) of the heart? Can we do the right thing for all the wrong reasons? Do the wrong thing for the right reasons? Does the means justify the ends? How do we reconcile this apparent irreconcilable position? Is this just another conundrum of life? And where and how

  I would suggest that too often we look at what we didn’t do, at least emotionally reconsider the not do. It’s the negative part of ‘what if’. In some respects the issue is moot because you DID make the choice you did. Go back? Unlikely because the stars never align in exactly the same

  Exasperating. Infuriating. You can’t live with them and you can’t live without them! Then again… why would you want to? As you traverse your life’s path there are many who will populate it. Corny? Probably, but it is still true. Some of the people will become friends, some only acquaintances. Some you will work with and

  You can live a superlative life. Why be average (whatever that means or how it is defined)? Surely mediocre is not something to be pursued? Then again, remember that ‘extra’ and ‘super’ are defined individually as well. Superlative basically means reaching for or stretching yourself for that which is just beyond your finger tips. Yes

  Too soppy a start? Probably but, you know, sometimes that’s precisely how you feel or what you want your reader to see/sense. I’m a believer that life is a journey. A marvelous, adventuresome, exciting, over hill and dale opportunity to discover and learn. That’s the spice in life  and what it is all about or at least should

  Too cavalier a designation? Perhaps but in our society there are few that wouldn’t understand the word and what it was describing – something totally unacceptable but not to the category of totally evil. However, it is these little yuko’s that trip us up. We would never succumb or engage in bad behaviors but we