We spend such a large portion of our lives pursuing happiness. We try numerous things we think will make us happy. Maybe we try to get a new outfit or car or shop to fill the void. Maybe we try to get away on a vacation we think will solve all our problems and make us happy. Maybe we think about happiness too obsessively to the point that it makes us unhappy. I know I have, … [Read more...]

This is the tenth in a series of articles that celebrate the lives of the Nobel Prize laureates whose names grace the 125 streets of Laureate Park and the first to honor the life and work of a Latin American literary giant. That sober date has arrived when we pause to review our lives over the past year, contemplate struggles won and lost, and seek ways to better ourselves … [Read more...]

Rated PG *Spoiler alert* To a majority of us (side-eying the Scrooges here), it’s the most wonderful time of the year! And to those who celebrate Christmas, I’m sure you, just like me, have that one favorite Christmas movie that you have to watch every year. Maybe you even have more than one or have a long list of movies that get you in the Christmas spirit (it’s not … [Read more...]