We’ve spent centuries trying to control each other. Maybe it’s time to understand each other instead.
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Can Love Still Live Here?
Over the years…behind the bar, across coffee tables, and between late-night confessions…I’ve heard one question more times than I can count:
“Should we stay together for the kids, or just end it and move on?” But that’s the wrong question.
The Art of Holding Space
To demand silence or “decorum” from the wounded is to ask them to suffocate their own humanity for our comfort. But I will not withhold my presence, my compassion, my love until you are palatable. I will love you until.
Happiness Isn’t a Secret
“Don’t speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn’t know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that’s why it’s called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.” ~ Bruce Lee Everything we think, say, and do shapes who we become, how we’reContinue reading “Happiness Isn’t a Secret”
Shifting Focus: From Criticism to Grace in Our Lives
Why is it that bad news spreads so much faster than good news? Why do we feel so compelled to share the failures, the scandals, the little annoyances in our daily lives? We’ll complain to anyone who will listen, about the barista who messed up our coffee. We’ll gossip about the athlete who got arrested,Continue reading “Shifting Focus: From Criticism to Grace in Our Lives”
What Does a Dog Know About Fiji?
What does a dog know…of the beauty of Fiji if the beautifully captured, glossy, full-color pictures of its clear blue waters and its white sandy beaches are rolled tightly into the travel magazine that its owner uses to smack her with? She learned that…”When dad has that thing…he’s gonna hit me with it again.” ThisContinue reading “What Does a Dog Know About Fiji?”
#itsdad ~ You’ve Never Made a Wrong Decision
Hey guys! It’s Dad. When I was in college I had the privilege of taking an economics class taught by Stanford University professor and Austrian economist Kurt Leube. He opened my mind to an amazing truth that took me a long time to really wrap my head around. Sometimes this idea can be the mostContinue reading “#itsdad ~ You’ve Never Made a Wrong Decision”
#itsdad – Love is a Verb
Hey Guys! It’s Dad! I don’t often quote the Bible, but this one sure fits the idea I wanted to share with you today. “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” ~John 3:18 “I love you.” When those words are sincere, heartfelt, there’s almost no betterContinue reading “#itsdad – Love is a Verb”
#itsdad ~ The Strength In Our Scars
“Don’t look where you fell. Look where you slipped.” ~ African Proverb. Yeah. Dad’s unusual, to say the least, but I see scars as something beautiful. Maybe I have to or I could never see myself as whole, but I think that scars, the marks on our bodies that tell our most personal and transformativeContinue reading “#itsdad ~ The Strength In Our Scars”
#ItsDad ~ You Aren’t Angry
This isn’t semantics, guys, so grab some chips and dip, and lets dig in. Words are powerful. Words hurt people and heal people. Words start wars and end them. And although this post might initially seem like a play on words or a clever attempt to get you to see something from a new pointContinue reading “#ItsDad ~ You Aren’t Angry”
Harvesting Insights 