Courage and uncertainty go hand in hand. If the results of your actions were guaranteed, you would not need courage. Courage is necessary precisely because you do not know how things will work out. Of course risk should be mitigated whenever possible and to whatever degree possible, but you cannot live courageously and avoid risk … Continue reading Courage And Uncertainty
False meekness is not humility. Pretending to be smaller, quieter, or weaker than we actually are is no more humble than pretending to be bigger, louder, or stronger than we actually are. Both are rooted in fear and insecurity. Humility is about being right-sized, being exactly who we are without pretending to be more or … Continue reading Right-Sized Humility
We may find ourselves wishing we could go back in time to change some decision we made in the past so that we do not have to face the consequence of that decision in the present. Obviously, this is not possible. What is possible, however, is to learn from the pain of our present fear … Continue reading Changing The Past
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
