Are you caught up in the illusion, that you are a Human Being occasionally having a Spiritual experience? That belief is an illusion.

All little boys and girls have dreams. This blue-eyed girl was no exception. One specific dream I’ve carried in my heart for many years was to travel to Paris.

Once upon a time a boy met a young woman. That chance encounter changed everything in his life. Her name was Miss Kyle. Joel met Miss Kyle when he was seven.

With summer comes sweet, juicy plump strawberries crying out for shortcake and whipped cream. But I find those packets of little saucer-like spongy cakes at the grocery store, easy as they may be to serve up, a bit tired.

Being both a writer and an art teacher, I often hear people say, “I’m not creative.” Or “I can’t even draw a stick figure.”

Nothing but nothing sums up a life’s work better than that phrase “masterpiece”. It is a designation, sometimes for a collection of work but, more often, for one particular piece that so transcends the level of even the highest attainment of the normal artist.

"What is your why?” Will Smith utters this phrase in the Hollywood film entitled “Collateral Beauty.”