Lemon Cream Yogurt Lou dancing Julian’s smile Kady’s laughter Good beer Really good red wine Walking Daydreaming Growing zucchini Picking apples Baking Swimming Listening to podcasts Reading Hugs Scones Butter Heavy cream New clothes Changing someone’s life Passionate discussions All the coffee The morning from 5-8 am Sunrises Sunsets Sleeping in Thinking of my...
Continue readingWhen The Noise Stops
We live in a noisy world. People talking too loudly. Open offices. Traffic. Music. Sirens. Television. Social media. So much noise. We spend our time trying to block it out so we can focus. But then when we do have a quiet moment we can’t think. It’s feels too empty. Maybe we need the...
Continue readingThere’s No “We” In Quitting
Why do we complain? Why do we get frustrated Why do we quit? We can’t solve a problem. We don’t see a way out. We become demoralized. But I say that’s the perfect time to pioneer a new way. To step up and lead. To do. The common trait of complaining and being frustrated...
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Eventually we have to return. To reality. To work. To dreams and goals and progress. To the Earth as ashes. There is always a returning to at some point. It’s important to leave sometimes. To learn. To gain clarity. To raise babies. To separate ourselves from the routine and realize what matters and what...
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Labor never ends. Even after you’ve given birth. Even after you’ve cleared the lawn of weeds and laid down mulch. Even after you’ve met a deadline. Even after you’re kids are grown up and now you’ve got an empty nest. The work of parenting, earning, supporting, learning, growing, discovering never ends. The labor of...
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Stop trying to be clever. Long pause. What would I want to hear right now? This is hard. All of it. Life. Making it work. Dealing with the stress. Constantly looking out for danger. Constantly being exhausted. Constantly being edgy and testy and saying the wrong thing in the wrong tone. Celebrate the moments....
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Tonight is one of those nights where I just want to go to bed. Pretend that problems don’t exist for a while and just pass out. But my son won’t sleep. We are all tired. And it’s hard. I wanted to just write something stupid. Just to say I got my post done and...
Continue readingWho Do I Serve?
My goal this year was to post once a day for the entire year. It’s nearly September and I’m on track. I’ve posted 300 times to my blog since I started it nearly three years ago. Sometimes I have something insightful to say. Sometimes I can barely eek out a few sentences. Sometimes I’m...
Continue readingBaby Love
Just hug em all the time. Kiss them. Love them. They are so damn precious. Or if you have cats or dogs or a person you love. All. The. Time. Never let them guess how you feel. Make them feel it all the time. In good times and in bad. Always....
Continue readingThe Time We Do Have
I’ve spent a lot of the past year worrying about not having enough time. Getting angry that my son won’t sleep because I won’t have any time to spend with my wife, or to write, or to just . . . rest. But I think I’ve been missing something glaring for a while now....
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