“Pain removes the veil; it plants the flag of truth within the fortress of a rebel soul.” –C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain. For me, the Christmas season always stirs up a sense of “good grief.” A couple of …
Hiraeth: A Yearning for Home
From the commercial madness of America’s mid-term election season to nationwide protests originating from Ferguson, Missouri, it’s all left me with a couple of questions: What is really going on inside of us? What does all of the political and social …
Life Seems to be Mostly Unintended
You could be my unintended Choice to live my life extended You should be the one, I’ll always love. I’ll be there as soon as I can But I’m busy mending broken Pieces of the life, I had before. So, …
The Art of Misfitting
As the playwright George Bernard Shaw once put it: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― Malcolm Gladwell, …
Embracing Vulnerability
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brené Brown Been reading Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly off and on and I come across gems like this quote above. Typically leadership and vulnerability are not seen as good …