When you go hiking up a mountain with your fit husband and fit daughter and find that between the altitude and the steep grade you can rsquo t keep up with them even though it rsquo s a hike you rsquo ve done before you eat a little humble pie Then when your boot slips on some rocks on the way

Much of the world rsquo s attention was riveted recently with the referendum on marriage equality that was held in Ireland the events of which were blanketed on the front pages of newspapers everywhere and covered extensively on radio and television and all the social media But there was another e

Can experiences of wonder make us more altruistic?

The next time you are about to throw out that half-eaten container of fast-food take-out consider these facts about one-third of the world rsquo s food production and consumption nbsp systems either gets lost or wasted mdash that comes to about 1 3 billion tons the value of which comes to the as

Pope Francis seems to describe his life in the Vatican almost as if he were in prison mdash at least as far as his freedom of movement goes But that is not the first thing he cites when he talks about what he and prisoners have in common When visiting a prison he said quot I think to myself 3

Finding the strength to live every part of our lives more abundantly.