
Day 252 – It Hurt Because It Mattered
I sat at my desk, staring at the email that confirmed what I already knew. The project was done. Not finished. Done. Several months of
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I sat at my desk, staring at the email that confirmed what I already knew. The project was done. Not finished. Done. Several months of

I was reviewing a pitch deck last week when I noticed something missing. The slides were polished. The product was clever. The team was capable.

There is a particular kind of stuckness that is hard to explain until you have felt it. You have a million things to do. Emails

I remember years ago sitting across from a doctor who looked me square in the eyes and said, “no you wont.” I had just told

Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” There is

Yesterday at the airport I watched a man ahead of me scroll through his phone while his daughter tugged at his sleeve. He did not
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I woke this morning with a familiar tightness in my chest. Not panic, but something close. I had slept well. Nothing urgent was broken. But

I was sitting with someone yesterday, and we got to talking about doing the right thing. He said something about making sure we have our

My wife and I were in Florida a few weeks ago, walking through one of those tourist spots where kiosks line the boardwalk selling sunset

I carried a myth for most of my life. I believed that somewhere ahead, past the next deadline or the next crisis, there would be

If you own the language, you own the people. This sounds harsh, but it is a wise concept to remember. This power can be used

I remember standing on the balcony of our home in western Colorado as a child. The night before, a terrible storm had rolled through the

For those of you reading this while experiencing a current failure, this is for you. Wisdom about failure is easiest to accept after it has

I woke up this morning thinking about moral obligation. The question arrived without warning, the way certain thoughts do when the mind is still quiet.

I was watching my daughter practice basketball this afternoon. She was struggling, yet stubborn. She kept pushing, even though I could tell she was frustrated.