The Permanence of Joy

Major religious festivals such as Christmas, Eid-el-Fitr for Muslims, Hanukkah for Jews, Diwali or Krishna Jyanti for Hindus and many others are simply the historically created cultural expressions pointing to a few eternal truths common to many religious...

Be Brave and Be Yourself

Excerpt from How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life, Innerself.com magazine, July 28, 2025, By Marie T. Russell Each one of us is unique. We are the only person like us in the whole Universe. So, when we try to be like someone else, not only are we not being true to...

Love – the supreme authority

This blog is an excerpt from Pierre’s book Apprendre à s’aimer Available only in French, our translation “To love is to desire the true good for others and for oneself”. There is a reality in the universe that constitutes the ultimate Reality, a law that nullifies all...

Our life is like a river

Pierre’s final blog shares thoughts from his book Et ainsi coule la riviere (and thus flows the river) published in French in 2022. “It’s the positive energy we put into the events of our lives that ensures that, like the meandering river, we always...

Say NO to Compassion Fatigue!

There is a great difference between sympathy (from the Greek sym-, with – and pathein-, to suffer, i.e., to suffer with) and compassion. With compassion, one’s heart goes out to others to uplift and console them, strengthen them and express the deepest caring for...