Years ago, when looking for land to build on in Queenstown, I thought it would be great to live on the lake. It was a later decision to buy land in the country.
If I hadn’t bought in the country it’s unlikely my daughters would have found what appears to be their absolute passion, riding ponies.
Meeting your twin soul, making a lifelong friend, picking a rewarding career path… all of these things have a huge component of luck.
Perhaps, being aware of the importance of luck, we can be better attuned to spot it and act upon it.
Because luck needs help.
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.
Hope doesn’t mean pretending everything is okay.