Kindness Does Exist

The cruelty that surrounds us is crushing. This self-professed Pollyanna struggles with the level of cruelty that has woven its way into our everyday lives. The horror of the 60s with the assassinations of John and Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King reach out in...

Threads of Hope

For this Pollyanna, the most disturbing aspect of the last several years is the loss of civility. No topic or individual is off limits to a barrage of hate-filled, uninformed attacks, each attempting to out-cruel the other. A hope for something better, kinder, and...

Do Not Let Chaos Diminish You

How many control freaks have you encountered in your life? Perhaps you identify yourself as one. I know. Never happens, right? Few of us like others attempting to control what we do, but reality is there are many issues out of our control. The trick is zoning in on...

Searching for Balance in Political Chaos

The new year seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened. So little has changed. Political chaos sounds too clinical for what feels like a freight train hit to the soul. I felt frozen in the headlights barreling down. It’s time to move off the tracks. New...