

Fear undermines progress
This week, I was thinking about this – Fear will always undermine progress. There are all kinds of reasons we feel fearful, but it...


I remain a perpetual student
This week, another post from the past, this one from fall 2022. I will never be done. With anything. There is always more to learn. Even...


Where is the center of the universe?
This week, I bring you a post from several years ago. Roy I. Wilson wrote in his book Medicine Wheels: "How far west can you go before...


You get to choose your role model
Last week, I searched for a picture of myself in my young 20s to meet some silly Facebook challenge. I dug up a photo from a volunteer...


Sometimes you just decide
For all the practicing, for all the studying, for all the preparation work, sometimes you just decide to do something. I certainly...


Traveling at the speed of life
I read a poem this week by Jane Hirshfield called Jasmine. Here’s how it goes – Jasmine “Almost the twenty-first century”--- how quickly...


Shoot for the middle
You know that excited, happy feeling when something’s new – new car, new love, new job, new home – it could be anything. A new book. Or...


So many ways to say thank you
I am certain that you know when to say thank you. You’re a polite person. You were raised with good manners. Someone holds the door for...


Understanding acceptance
I’d venture a guess that every reader of this letter has heard the axiom known as the serenity prayer – God, grant me the serenity to...


Nunc fluens facit tempus, nunc stans facit aeternitatum
During the past week, I read two things that felt particularly relevant to New Year’s Day. One was a quote from The Consolation of...
