Accepting Awkwardness Creates Awesomeness

Accepting Awkwardness Creates Awesomeness

Avoidance is the best policy, right? šŸ˜‚  While I spent much of my life ā€œrunningā€ from sadness, anger, fear, frustration, and the like, Iā€™ve realized: Radical acceptance of the awkward stuff, not avoidance, is the path to...
Our Deepest Truth

Our Deepest Truth

If I could say one thing to you, itā€™s this: YOU are Loved/Love. Now and forever, no matter what, you are deeply lovedā€”more than words can express. And, when we peel away the mess and muck of life, I believe the deepest truth of each of us is love. We came from...
Grieving the Life I Lost

Grieving the Life I Lost

13 years ago today, the amazing life I had ended. In the blink of an eye, a quite successful career flying for the air force (where I also got to teach the best of the best) vanished, as did the future plans and dreams of my then fiancƩe (now ex-wife) and I. While...
Love is Messy: Getting Uncomfortable to Get ā€œFitā€

Love is Messy: Getting Uncomfortable to Get ā€œFitā€

You know how we regularly struggle and sweat to get physically fit? Increasingly, it seems to me the same is true for relational ā€œfitnessā€ ā€¦ and might even be a key to healing our political, racial, and other divides. In other words: Real love is messy. It...

Gardening Our Minds for Goodness

While the types of seeds, nutrients, and protections we put in a garden determine the fruits, veggies, and flowers it will grow; the thoughts, mentalities, and beliefs we cultivate in our minds shape who we become. For instance, while decades of valuing...