The elephant in the room: Pursue truth, but don’t let it control you By Wil Darcangelo January 16, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.
![LOWELL — Pink Floyd’s classic album “Dark Side of the Moon” is loved the world over. Now so is a recording/performance of the album by 15 UMass Lowell students under the direction of music professor Alan Williams. The UML students were born a quarter century after the 1973 album was released. Outside of comments from […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-l-darkside1-1.jpg?w=140 "LOWELL — Pink Floyd’s classic album “Dark Side of the Moon” is loved the world over. Now so is a recording/performance of the album by 15 UMass Lowell students under the direction of music professor Alan Williams. The UML students were born a quarter century after the 1973 album was released. Outside of comments from […]")
![All aspects of your current life situation matter when it comes to your dream state. Your well-being is the only concern as far as your dream state is concerned. Dear Dream Retriever: I am not able to remember how my dream started, but there is a snake in short grass that I want to keep. […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jackie-5.jpg?w=140 "All aspects of your current life situation matter when it comes to your dream state. Your well-being is the only concern as far as your dream state is concerned. Dear Dream Retriever: I am not able to remember how my dream started, but there is a snake in short grass that I want to keep. […]")
![It’s easy to see examples of people making big changes in the world. People we see as being more powerful or influential than we are instigating change or instilling comfort. Most of us feel pretty ineffectual at accomplishing the act of making a difference. But there are often ways to make a difference we don’t […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sen-l-Darcangelo-3-2.jpg?w=58 "It’s easy to see examples of people making big changes in the world. People we see as being more powerful or influential than we are instigating change or instilling comfort. Most of us feel pretty ineffectual at accomplishing the act of making a difference. But there are often ways to make a difference we don’t […]")
![Is there really any doubt that anyone knows you better than yourself? So how do you talk to yourself without everyone thinking you are out of your mind? Simply go into your mind, via your dreams, and ask yourself how to help yourself in any situation, and you will find, through yourself, that you know […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jackie-3.jpg?w=140 "Is there really any doubt that anyone knows you better than yourself? So how do you talk to yourself without everyone thinking you are out of your mind? Simply go into your mind, via your dreams, and ask yourself how to help yourself in any situation, and you will find, through yourself, that you know […]")
![I am an optimist. And not just your average glass-is-half-full kind of optimist either. I am the glass-is-overflowing type. I’m not sure where it came from exactly. My family are not particularly noted for either their pessimism or optimism, so it’s not likely that it stemmed from that (although I acknowledge it was not prevented […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sen-l-Darcangelo-1-2.jpg?w=58 "I am an optimist. And not just your average glass-is-half-full kind of optimist either. I am the glass-is-overflowing type. I’m not sure where it came from exactly. My family are not particularly noted for either their pessimism or optimism, so it’s not likely that it stemmed from that (although I acknowledge it was not prevented […]")
![There is an old story. It is known as the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent many centuries ago, it has circled the globe in an effort to explain the various perspectives available within one single, over-arching truth. Because of its deeply useful philosophy to remember that […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sen-l-Darcangelo-7-1.jpg?w=58 "There is an old story. It is known as the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent many centuries ago, it has circled the globe in an effort to explain the various perspectives available within one single, over-arching truth. Because of its deeply useful philosophy to remember that […]")
![Do not hesitate to ask your dream state for advice or validation that some aspect of your life is in need of. Dear Dream Retriever: In my dream, there were me, my fiancé and two children. I was pregnant and was going to have a C-section. It was the middle of the night. I gave […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jackie-1.jpg?w=140 "Do not hesitate to ask your dream state for advice or validation that some aspect of your life is in need of. Dear Dream Retriever: In my dream, there were me, my fiancé and two children. I was pregnant and was going to have a C-section. It was the middle of the night. I gave […]")
![WESTFORD – Students in the Biotechnology program at Nashoba Valley Technical High School are getting their feet wet this year … well, their hands, more accurately. To keep up with the state’s frameworks for biotech programs, instructor John Milhaven had to include a facet that “involves the proper and ethical care of laboratory animals.” But what […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/low-z-0110ntekbio1-1-1.jpg?w=131 "WESTFORD – Students in the Biotechnology program at Nashoba Valley Technical High School are getting their feet wet this year … well, their hands, more accurately. To keep up with the state’s frameworks for biotech programs, instructor John Milhaven had to include a facet that “involves the proper and ethical care of laboratory animals.” But what […]")
![Dear Bonnie: I feel like I have lost my passion in life. I have a hard time staying focused on what I am trying to accomplish, and soon I move on to something entirely different. I feel like I am lost about what I am supposed to do, and I am not sure how to […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bonnie-Page-1-1-1-1.jpg?w=132 "Dear Bonnie: I feel like I have lost my passion in life. I have a hard time staying focused on what I am trying to accomplish, and soon I move on to something entirely different. I feel like I am lost about what I am supposed to do, and I am not sure how to […]")
![We’re all human. And humans are all, to one degree or another, vengeful. Even those of us who work so hard to overcome the lesser angels of our nature love a good car-keying breakup song or can’t help dropping a snarky Yelp review when crossed. Why do we feel the need for revenge? It doesn’t […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sen-l-Darcangelo-3.jpg?w=58 "We’re all human. And humans are all, to one degree or another, vengeful. Even those of us who work so hard to overcome the lesser angels of our nature love a good car-keying breakup song or can’t help dropping a snarky Yelp review when crossed. Why do we feel the need for revenge? It doesn’t […]")