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To Be Joyful and Full of Love

The longer I live, the moredeeply I learn that love — whether we call itfriendship or family orromance — is the work of mirroring and magnifyingeach other’s light.— James Baldwin We’re in the business of amplification, you and I. Our life’s work is accretive in nature. The longer we’re actively engaged in this world, the…

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Putting It All Out There

“If today’s social media has taught us anything about ourselves as a species, it is that the human impulse to share overwhelms the human impulse for privacy.” ― Kevin Kelly, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future But all the promises we makeFrom the cradle to the graveWhen all I…

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Self… Less

“A person totally wrapped up in himself makes a small package.” — Harry Emerson Fosdick It’s human nature to see the world through our own lens, but that doesn’t make it productive or particularly informative. So how do we reconcile this with a blog published daily? At what point does it become a vanity play?…

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The Shape of Our Circles

“We are mirrors reflecting one another. The people with whom we surround ourselves shape us, and we shape those around us, too.” — Brad Stulberg, The Practice of Groundedness I had a conversation with two strong players in my circle of influence who both disliked The Banshees of Inisherin, a movie I absolutely loved. The movie…