In a healed world, dignity wouldn’t need a reminder or a calendar. Recognition wouldn’t require advocacy. Compassion wouldn’t need to be scheduled. But we do not live in that world yet…and pretending otherwise doesn’t make it so.
Tag Archives: Wisdom
The Strength of Gentleness: Redefining Courage
To witness a person like this is to feel a quiet awe. I’ve seen it…rarely, but unforgettably. It’s so inspiring…their spirit. Their energy. I don’t stand in awe of their perfection, but of their becoming. Inspired by the courage it took to remain soft while being trampled by life…and tempered by fire.
Unconditionally
I know it’s hard to watch them hurt and watch them struggle and you will feel like you are abandoning them, but you are not abandoning them… You are empowering them.
It Isn’t About Them. It’s About Us!
Who deserves to be here anyway? Maybe all of us. Maybe none of us.
Rethinking New Year Resolutions: Embrace Winter Rest
The post reflects on the unrealistic pressure to start anew in January, arguing that winter should be a time for rest and healing rather than a starting line. It suggests that true beginnings align with the spring equinox in March, urging individuals to honor their need for pause and reflection before taking action.
Training Our Fears to Hunt Us
There’s an old survival instinct in all of us…ancient and automatic…that screams, “RUN” whenever we’re afraid. Run from fear. Run from responsibility. Run from the conversation, the truth, the work, the grief, the courage it takes to stand still and face whatever comes next. But nature…real life…tells a different story. In the wild, there areContinue reading “Training Our Fears to Hunt Us”
Water the Seeds, Not the Struggle
We’ve spent centuries trying to control each other. Maybe it’s time to understand each other instead.
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 Truly Addicted Generation:
Ponder this: Only drug dealers and software companies refer to their customers as “users.” That word alone exposes an insidious truth: both addictions thrive on dependency, both hijack the brain’s reward system, and both profit from our inevitable and insatiable surrender. And just as there are synthetic drugs, we are swimming in synthetic dopamine. What’s more synthetic than synthetic? More stimulating that stimulating? The prevalence of AI.
Why Teaching History Doesn’t Work: The Case for Emotional Intelligence
OK, truth, I’m fascinated by history. But who’s version of history have I actually learned? The victors? They tell us “We must learn from history or we are doomed to repeat it.” But clearly learning it has done little to keep us from repeating our cultural, environmental, and ethical missteps. Sure, maybe you can rattleContinue reading “Why Teaching History Doesn’t Work: The Case for Emotional Intelligence”
Harvesting Insights 