General Updates
My adrenaline is pumping again. A surge courses through when Denise and I feel uplifted by many helping hands and strong hearts. There’s a renewal of energy as this fall begins. Part of which infuses the community event our nonprofit will hold on Saturday October 1, the Hope Floats Memory Walk. A gathering of several…
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“Do not fear to hope.” It sounds so straightforward. As if we don’t need a reminder of this intuitive wisdom. Yet we do from time to time. Layers of fears can hold us back—from reconciling with friends or relatives, from shifting a career, to deconstructing why one’s purpose in life feels washed out. The barriers…
Read MoreA community lifting others up continues to bring light What a rollercoaster these past two years have been. Flung around sharp bends and suddenly pitched downwards, it feels like we’ve been on a collision course on so many levels. We’ve tried to endure the toll of Covid 19 variants, the strain of loneliness, the negative…
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How do we make this an amazing day? Lately I’ve tried to begin each morning doing one simple, positive thing. It may be thinking of a family member in distress. Perhaps writing down a clarifying thought. Pausing to be more grounded before I start with the lists, or reading news that often spirals into a…
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As I sat down to get my first vaccination, gut-churning guitar chords and Ozzy Osbourne’s nasal rant blasted a crowded former showroom floor. Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” Classic. Spine-crushing. And somehow so apropos. “Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?” Gone are the days when we don’t see each other’s…
Read MoreIf unity and empathy are out the window, where are we heading? Rattled, I dread the run-up to November. Every day there is more division, whenever we turn around or check our news feed. Anxieties and dysfunction are stoked. Last night it was dismay over the one indictment returned for the shooting of Breonna Taylor—#SayHerName—coupled…
Read MoreRain is beating down again; it feels like a deluge every third day now. Six weeks of temporary ups and steep downturns, exacerbated in so many ways. Where are you in this storm? How are you navigating the isolation—unable to be with loved ones, or face to face with people you care about? You may…
Read MorePain. Passion. Purpose. How do we move from experiencing pain, to rediscovering passion, to finding purpose? And going further: Finding peace? How is this possible? What might resolution or even redemption look like? These questions came up earlier this week as I gave a book talk in a neighboring town. My audience was tiny, perhaps…
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