Today I am in transition from Kansas to North Dakota. In truth, I am in transition every day. My body, my mind, my heart, and my spirit are constantly evolving. Evolving into what is really the interesting question. As the ego, no longer needs to drive the bus, I am…

I made a hundred “nos” in order to say “yes” to writing this poem this morning. The United States has become the land of the busy. Much of our busy is tactical stuff but we seem to have more tactical stuff than many other countries. It is possible our cultural…

If we really want to create our lives, we cannot always follow the beaten path. The status quo has found the lowest common denominator for humanity, but this is not the place I desire to live. To live toward my highest aims I must be willing to be uncomfortable. I…

Our culture in the United States is obsessed with comfort. Many in life think that is the purpose of life: to be comfortable. Life has always been hard. Avoiding death takes a lot of work. …

NOTES TO MYSELF I do not have to be a label to be loved or have value in the world. I do not have to become an artist To create art. I do not have to become a writer To write from my heart. I do not have to be…

There was a time when you would have asked me what the purpose of life was and I would have told you to blossom. But then I came to realize that blossoming was really only a part of life, not the purpose. The real purpose is to love. It is to love every minute we have breath. Love is the only thing that endures. Blossoms will not endure. Spring will not endure. Nor will Shakespeare despite our insistence that he lives on. Love will endure and feed the souls of a billion generations to come. And you know what else? Love is what makes every single life worth enduring, despite all the suffering we must endure. So choose love today with all you have got to give.

THINKING ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION How we are communicating is changing. We could have an endless debate about whether this is good or bad. Some lessons I have learned over the years seem vital however to our ability to thrive and flourish. Here are my top ten insights about communication. (1)…

THE SECRET TO BEING A WRITER The secret to being a writer is not to be a writer but to write. You don’t need to be a noun, you just have to be a verb. You don’t have to be a good or bad verb you just need to write…

EXPANDED COMFORT ZONE MODEL I have been thinking a lot lately about our models that guide our work as educators. …