Effects stories have on us

• The prefrontal cortex, the place in the brain that controls decision-making and problem-solving, is the first to suffer from not enough sleep.  It causes you to be more irritable, moody and irrational.
• Sleeping less than six hours a night increases the risk of depression, psychosis, ...

Parents have more power and choices in educating their children than they realize.

Many parents are concerned about the changing world and uncertain futures their children face. They are anxious about education, a narrow curriculum, that schools are not cultivating curiosi...

• Life has no intrinsic meaning but that which we give it.
• Everything is uncertain, so we must put together a world view that fits roughly with the facts, and accept that it is just a guess.
• Life cannot be described, only experienced.
• Zazen, spending hours seated in c...