In the medical world, individuals living with Parkinson’s disease frequently experience what are known as “off” moments or “off times.” During these periods, despite adhering strictly to their medication schedule, the connection between brain and body falters. Symptoms like muscle rigidity, tremors, and frozen movements resurface or intensify—sometimes as a dose wears off, and other…
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What Is Good
Suzy gave me a notepad recently with a simple question printed across the top: “What Good Shall I Do This Day?” It’s a famous quote from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule. Every morning, before starting his work, Franklin posed that exact question to himself. Every evening, he closed out his day by asking, “What good have…
The Unhurried Wisdom of the Heart
I came across a phrase today that filled my morning with quiet contemplation, a few internal debates, and, above all, a deep sense of joy — The Unhurried Wisdom of the Heart. In my youth, I often mistook my heart as foolish. But looking back, everything in those years was lived at a sprint. It…
Origin Of the Kiss
I recently read that a group of scientists was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize—science’s highest honor for achievements that “first make you laugh, then make you think”—for uncovering the origin of the kiss. Naturally, step one of this monumental task was defining what actually counts as a kiss. You will be relieved to know that…
Simplicity And Love
If you’re anything like me, you might have spent a little too much time lately wringing your hands over the clock. We get so caught up in managing our schedules, ticking off to-do lists, and fussing over how there just never seem to be enough hours between sunrise and sundown. But I reckon it’s time…