No matter what challenges we face, life always gives us reasons to be grateful. One of the most important parts of creating a joyful and productive life is deeply feeling and expressing our genuine appreciation. When we practice this, it can be a powerful, healing and empowering experience.  With that

Adaptability. It’s a word you likely heard for the very first time in a middle school science class as the theories of Charles Darwin were introduced. Simply put, it’s the ability to adjust to a changing environment. Darwin applied the idea to various organisms and how they must adapt to

They say that April showers bring May flowers. The catchy phrase (or at least an original version of it) has been attributed to a 16th-century poet named Thomas Tusser, though it has since graduated to become a famous English proverb.  The quote, of course, speaks to April’s customarily rainy weather,

R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Aretha Franklin boldly told us all what it meant to her in her hit song. Yet, the ideal extends well beyond a catchy tune and one artist’s interpretation.  The word respect has many different meanings and applications. You can possess self-respect, show others respect and expect the same in

Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher gear Friday. The S&P 500 lost 6% after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs announced earlier this week. The move increased the stakes in a trade war that could end with a recession that hurts everyone. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job

Let’s be real — when you think of “The Matrix,” it’s hard not to picture Laurence Fishburne donning those tiny sunglasses and waxing philosophical as the ever-iconic Morpheus. But when “The Matrix Resurrections” dropped in 2021, something (or rather, someone) was noticeably missing: Fishburne. While Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss

The horrific freak accident that led to a father and son drowning during a fishing trip in Virginia in March was captured on the father’s camera, according to authorities. On March 22, Danny Sumner, 37, took his 6-year-old son Donovan to a local boat landing on the Rappahannock River in

President Donald Trump on Friday said is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. Congress had mandated that the platform be divested from

Sheryl Lee Ralph may need an invite to the next Jackson family reunion. As it turns out, the actress is a long-lost distant cousin of fellow actor Samuel L. Jackson. While it was revealed last year that the 76-year-old actor is, in fact, related to the Jackson family, as in

When Jen Schlegel, founder of Beenabled and 119, began 2Gether International’s accelerator program, she experienced a sense of relief. “Nobody in my cohort was sitting around and spending their time trying to explain to anybody else why disability matters, or why accessibility matters or why someone should listen to why