Most people search allof their livesfor someplace to belong toas you saidbut I look insteadinto the eyes of anyonewho talks to me— June Jordan, Poem For a Young Poet We know how this works when we’ve lived awhile. People come and go from our lives, some never to return, and we move on without them….
“Später ist zu spät.“ (Later is too late) — Peter Altenberg This morning I’m driving my daughter to the airport. Once again our time together was all too brief. We each pack a lot into our days, which means never enough time in the same attentive moment, but we make the time that we do…
“When conditions are such that life offers no earthly hope, somewhere, somehow, men must find a refuge.” — Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way Everybody wants to go to heavenGet their wings and fly aroundEverybody want to go to heavenBut nobody want to go now— Jim Collins / Marty Dodson, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven…
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…
“Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No,…
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you…
“Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls—family, health, friends, integrity—are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.” ― Gary Keller, The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results We all juggle so…
We each build our identity through our actions—on the people we become through our habits and relationships. As Jim Rohn pointed out, we are the average of the five people we associate with the most. There’s a lot of truth in this observation. The people around us influence us, and amplify our own actions and…
“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…
I don’t want to wait anymore I’m tired of looking for answersTake me some place where there’s music and there’s laughterI don’t know if I’m scared of dying but I’m scared of living too fast, too slowRegret, remorse, hold on, oh no I’ve got to goThere’s no starting over, no new beginnings, time races onAnd…