Study after study has shown that having an attitude of gratitude improves a person’s sense of well-being, as does this study from Dr. Michael McCollough of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Robert Emmons of the University of California. The benefits of gratitude are numerous, including more energy and alertness, less depression and […]
Our Bodies are Harddrives
Our bodies never forget a thing. Anything we ever do to our body, put into our body, take away from our body, is recorded into every fibre of our body. Our lips may speak lies, but our body will always manifest the truth. A striking example would be handology, an industry-standard method of analyzing the […]
Charity: The Act of Becoming
“Charity is not an act but a condition or state of being. Charity is attained through a succession of acts that result in a conversion. Charity is something one becomes.” –Dallin H. Oaks
Maimonides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, or Rambam, was a 12th century Jewish scholar and religious rationalist who wrote the Mishnah […]