Here I sit every day with the exciting and unpredictable life of this ivy plant on my left and a reminder of peaceful smile of death on my right. And that’s where I live. That’s where we all live.

Here I sit every day with the exciting and unpredictable life of this ivy plant on my left and a reminder of peaceful smile of death on my right. And that’s where I live. That’s where we all live.

In this season of miracles — the miracle of rebirth and the miracle of freedom from enslavement — I am reminded of an oft-repeated phrase in the Old Testament: “God is one.”

In this season of miracles — the miracle of rebirth and the miracle of freedom from enslavement — I am reminded of an oft-repeated phrase in the Old Testament: "God is one."

We try to create order by blaming someone or something. We can blame God and sometimes even blame the victim. But usually we blame ourselves, irrational as it may be. All of this is an effort to calm our brains and try to make sense of our lives.

We try to create order by blaming someone or something. We can blame God and sometimes even blame the victim. But usually we blame ourselves, irrational as it may be. All of this is an effort to calm our brains and try to make sense of our lives.

If we can hold our bodies, minds and spirits with gentle loving compassion, the well-being we all long for will become a constant companion.

If we can hold our bodies, minds and spirits with gentle loving compassion, the well-being we all long for will become a constant companion.

Love nurtures life, but we need much more. I think Andrew Lloyd Webber got it right when he wrote the lyric, “Love changes everything,” for the musical “Aspects of Love.”

Love nurtures life, but we need much more. I think Andrew Lloyd Webber got it right when he wrote the lyric, "Love changes everything," for the musical "Aspects of Love."