That quote, one of mine, means to take the things that are genuinely important, to you (if you have that sorted out properly) seriously, to commit to pursuing them with excellence, but to hold that thing lightly, to dance with it. It is a mentally healthy frame of mind that
Hello😄 My wife Lea and I have been in Italy for the last two weeks. We have been to Italy many times in the past and our usual trip involves Florence or the country area around Florence. We love the history and beauty of Tuscany. This time we decided to
On August 31st, I shared a piece by Maria Popova that featured a poem by Jane Kenyon titled "Otherwise." I bring the poem to our attention again because, since reading the poem, it has impacted my life more than I could have imagined. How? Having learned the remarkable
I read this piece by Oliver Burkeman today and wanted to share it with everyone. It is reprinted verbatim below. Obviously, you don’t need me to tell you these are dark, unsettling, apocalyptic times. Almost everyone in my British and American social circles seems rattled by the shooting of