Have you started doing your taxes? It’s a curious process, because it forces us to look back and create sort of a financial snapshot of the previous year. I just completed a similar exercise for the FREEDOM TOUR. It wasn’t about taxes, but creating a sort of year end picture of what 2023 looked like. […]
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Nuance
It seems like the more times I travel around the sun, the more nuance I discover in the world. Most situations don’t lend themselves to the black and white solutions we wish for. As much as we would like a pill for every malady and an answer to every difficult question, more and more it […]
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Unfair!
A friend sent a newsletter in which he talked about unfair circumstances. Got me thinking about the source of our notion of fairness. Where did we ever get the idea that circumstances ought to be fair? I don’t really have an answer, other than for me unfair usually means I didn’t get what I expected […]
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About Inspiration
At the FREEDOM TOUR, we seek to make a small change in the world. We do that by supporting a group of kids rescued from human trafficking, and to accomplish our goal we need to bring along a circle of people. I spend a fair bit of time thinking about the best way to attract […]
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About Fights
“Life’s not a battle…unless you choose to fight.” I wrote that several years ago in a social media post. I was amazed by how many people disagreed. It’s almost as though they wanted to, uh, fight? Gotta fight, they said. Gotta fight evil. Gotta fight the enemy. Gotta fight sin. Gotta fight human trafficking. Gotta […]
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People Pleasing
To some extent, we all get caught in the trap of people-pleasing. It’s natural to want folks to like us, perhaps even admire us. Becomes a problem, though, when we start orienting our choices around what we think might impress others. I thought about how this might look as we seek to serve riders and […]
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Happy?
Happy New Year! It’s the customary greeting, and of course we wish happiness for our friends in 2024. However… Perhaps you and I seek something beyond “happy” as we enter a new year. It could be many things, I suppose, but I’m thinking about writing stories, following paths, with purpose. Too easy, I think, to […]
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What’s The Point?
Last week, I indulged in a couple of personal riffs about life before and after my injury. I found myself asking a question: “What’s the point?” It’s a question that can take us in different directions. It might indicate despair, as if there is no point in continuing. Believe me, there are times when my […]
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About What Matters
What matters? Are we willing to sacrifice for it?
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About Maps
When we ask for maps…He gives us people.
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Who’s In Charge?
Not me! I was never *in charge* of my classroom. First, anyone who believes they’re in charge of a room full of teenagers for any length of time is delusional. Beyond that, demanding compliance through coercion isn’t particularly effective. I didn’t want to spend my days playing whack-a-mole with kids who challenged my “authority.” As […]
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Love…and Hope
Love and hope…a powerful combination.
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