a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

I have been thinking lately about truth and lies, not as these categories relate to human beings, but to machines and AI. We all know human beings are capable of bending or breaking the truth. But that potential I have never assigned to a machine. When I consider my air fryer or vacuum cleaner I…

“Seeing is believing” is an oft repeated proverb or observation. In his book Photography and Belief, David Levi Strauss relates how “the origin of the proverb… is lost in the mists of time… [But] the year this proverb was first printed in English is usually given as 1609, in an unpublished manuscript by S. Harward…

Yesterday I walked by a T.J. Maxx window that read, What will you love today? What a wonderful question and a helpful reminder love is both a feeling and a choice. ——- To download or share a free copy of my new book How to Feel (a little better): 50 Ideas for 2024 CLICK HERE.…

Last night I met a woman who shared with me in her journey of healing after the death of her husband that she discovered this truth, “Dreams turn memories into wisdom.” She explained after this tragic loss she needed time to rest and heal as one might after a physical injury. And she discovered, in many…

“What then shall I do this morning?” asked author Annie Dillard. Her answer: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.” Is there…

“Do not hurry and do not rest,” writes Annie Dillard in one of my favorite books, The Writing Life. Her point was when we are attempting to achieve something in our lives there is a sweet spot to locate where we are neither leaning too far forward or too far back. Where we are neither…