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There Is A Place There is a place Where pain is a seed, Where Soul attends To Self and its needs. Where thinking and doing Are effortlessly right. Insight and compassion Hold us, irrevocably, As moon holds the night. The brain sprouts thoughts, As the ocean makes waves, And the dawn falls forward Through close of the day. Where the nature of things Is open and free - And love flows Between us Spontaneously. Soften, soothe, Accept what is, Be kind to others, Attend to your needs. Here I am the sun, the stars, A little boy - For sky has clouds, Trees have leaves, and I am freaking out with joy. Craig Stanton is a student of mine at George Mason University in the Leadership & Wellbeing...

Look what I just found - (somewhat randomly) - an email I wrote to Martin Seligman in 2007, right after I read the article in The New York Times (featuring Todd B. Kashdan) that first exposed me to Positive Psychology. I knew right then and there that Sunday afternoon standing in my apartment in Montclair, NJ that pos psych would be a big part of my life's journey and work. I wrote this email to Marty Seligman just days later. The synchronicities continue -- that article from the NYT was published 8 years ago TODAY. And I am now affiliated with Todd and others at theCenter...

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