"But maybe that’s just one of the elements of life. We are never “out of the weeds”. We just carve paths through the weeds and carry on through the meadow. New weeds pop up, we adjust course. Storms arise, we batten down the hatches and weather the storm..."

"The barn door faces the west. It faces every radiant sunset, every oncoming thunderstorm, day after day after day. In the winter, although drafty, it holds in the heat and holds out the cold..."

Flexibility is Your Path

"Look at every great adventure through history...

Flexibility is essential to what they do. Sometimes you know what your destination is but you have no idea what the hell the path is to get there. You have no choice but to be flexible..."

The Perfect Combination of "What-Ifs"

"Would you even exist if some little decisions were made differently by any of these people? Maybe yes, maybe no. Whether it’s fate or coincidence, we find our way into different family and friend groups seemingly by accident ..."

An Arrow in Flight is Just an Arrow

"It isn’t the energy that creates danger, the meeting of energy and opportunity is where danger lives. Lightning in the sky is exciting from a distance, but damaging when you are the thing that grounds it... "

Limited Appreciation for Unlimited Things

"We live with this illusion that time is unlimited, so we take advantage of it. We abuse it in a way that seems criminal to those whose hourglass is almost drained. It turns out time is not unlimited. Not only is it limited, we have no way to measure its remaining value..."

"We are made from 50% of each of our parents, 25% of each of our grandparents, 12.5% of each of our great grandparents. On and on and on. A mix of ethnicity and heritage. A special blend that makes us unique..."

"A slight breeze ruffles the leaves on the maple to my left. In an adjacent tree, a mourning dove releases its soulful cry. A quarter-full cup of now room temperature coffee sits next to a fly-fishing magazine on the table, inches from my resting feet..."