“Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.” — Rita Golden Gelman, Author of Tales of a Female Nomad. She has had no permanent address since 1986.

Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week watching television – which means in a typical life span we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets! The biggest problem with mass media isn’t low quality – its high quanitity. Cutting down just an hour a day would provide extra years of life – for music and family, excercise… Read More

“There is a subtle difference between a mission and a promise. A mission is something you strive to accomplish – a promise is something you are compelled to keep. One is individual, the other is shared. When a mission and a promise are one and the same… that’s when mountains are moved and races are won.”   -Hala Moddelmog President… Read More