The perfect moment is not coming to find you. The perfect opportunity is not going to knock on your door and ask you if you are ready. The perfect circumstances are not going to chase you down while you are headed in the opposite direction and beg you to turn around. You have to take … Continue reading Wasted On Waiting
There is no depth without openness. There is no openness without vulnerability. There is no vulnerability without risk. In order to experience the depths of love, of joy, and of intimacy, we must be willing to risk also experiencing the depths of pain, sorrow, and loneliness. For what makes life so precious is death. And … Continue reading A Life of Depth
There will be days when our best effort is simply not good enough. It may not be good enough for us, for those around us, or for the task or goal we set out to accomplish. Putting forth our best effort does not guarantee that we will achieve the results we want. This is a … Continue reading Living Through Failure
If we never fully commit to our efforts, we can provide ourselves an out through which to excuse ourselves for our failures. We tell ourselves that it does not matter that we failed because we were not really trying anyway. Unfortunately, this path of non-commitment is also the path of mediocrity. We cannot achieve anything … Continue reading A Way Out Of Risk
Fear, anger, and frustration are lazy emotions. They are easy to acquire and difficult to be rid of. They require nothing from us. They give us the illusion of safety and protection without us having to take any action. Courage, on the other hand, requires effort. It requires vulnerability and risk. Courage demands that we … Continue reading Lazy Emotions
