Some discoveries are fittingly described as "startling," "unanticipated," or "astonishing." But here's the result of a 35-year Harvard study that surely surprised nobody: Children who sense they are loved are healthier as adults.Eighty-seven Harvard men were followed...
Quite an ambitious title, don't you think? It could even be presumptuous and arrogant. But I only want to propose one tiny — but very important — piece to the puzzle. Perhaps a few real-life cases can set the stage for sharing an insight.Bullet Two women grow up in an...
Atlanta is having its moment in the sun as host city to the Olympic Games. On the road to Olympic glory, there have been many memorable moments. And some have been notable for courage and persistence above all else.Danish equestrian Lis Hartel had polio in 1944 and...
There was once a pastor in a small European village. He was greatly loved by the people, and they believed he had a singularly close relationship with God. He disappeared every Friday and could not be found for several hours. The villagers boasted that during those...
Did you hear the one about the fellow who had worked so hard for so long to build a successful company and personal portfolio and who was perturbed over having to leave everything behind when he died? The wealthier he got, the more disturbed he became. So one night he...
He lived "way out in the sticks." Maybe it wasn't exactly the end of the earth, but you could see it from there. Then he won an all-expenses-paid trip to New York by being the designated caller in a radio contest.So he took his first ride on a jet. He landed at...
Almost 15 years ago, Bill Broadhurst entered the Pepsi Challenge 10,000-meter road race in Omaha, Nebraska. Ten years before that, he had undergone surgery for an aneurysm in his brain. The surgery left him partially paralysed on the left side of his body. So, on a...