I try to have a new post published here every Monday morning. This one is a few hours late because I just got back from…
The Importance of Letting Go
A caveat before you read on, the “letting go” that I talk about in this post is something that I still need to work on.…
Not Their Goals, But My Goals
In a meeting last week the woman I was speaking with noted that our next meeting is scheduled for what would have been her grandmother’s…
Celebrating Growth
Last week I wrote a post about the importance of focusing on comparing yourself to your former self. Not long after that went live I…
Comparing Yourself to the One Who Matters
When I was in high school I threw the shot put and discus for our track team. I was not particularly good at either, largely…
Taking Time for Reflection
On a recent trip to visit friends in Austin, Texas, we went to hear a speaker. Who it was and what it was about isn’t…
‘You Are Still Alive’
Last night, my 9-year-old daughter’s class held a poetry cafe where the students all shared poems that they had written. There were snacks and socializing,…
Speaking Truth to Power, and to Yourself
I just finished putting on a conference at the university this week, and spent yesterday just scratching the surface of some level of rejuvenation. It…
Postcards From Luckenbach
About 25 years ago a good friend of mine went away to school and, while we occasionally talked on the phone and I made the…
Hey, Be Careful, There’s a Deer in That Bush
A friend of mine recently left his job at the university for a new opportunity at a different institution. At Derek’s goodbye lunch, he and…
