It always seemed so clear to me that ‘doing the right thing’ is always the best approach.
I thought that was pretty black and white; when faced with ‘doing the right thing’ we’d all know what to do.
But it’s not black and white is it? We are all subject to our unconscious biases so ‘the right thing’ is very subjective.
The best we can do is the best we can do.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
In church the other day, the pastor gave a sermon that really stuck with me. He talked about two people.