Grace is the disposition to be helpful or generous.  It is joyous mercy and goodwill.  Grace is always, everywhere, present and available to us.  If we are awake to this idea, we can enjoy it to the best of our awareness and ability.  If we are asleep to the presence...

Philosopher Aristotle famously said: “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” The Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament proclaims: “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” (simply stated, “laughter is the best medicine”). From an...