Impact
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
Elevating our game for the rush only works because there is also down time. That part of our day or our calendar where there is no rush. My morning coffee shop was bustling when I arrived and has grown busier since I sat down. The baristas hurry. They move in a fluid way around one…
My daughter hovers beside me while I tear into the cardboard box. I see the books I ordered while she sees something different. “Bubbles!” she says. I hand her lengths of clear, plastic packing material from around my books and she hurries out of the kitchen to the bathroom. She shuts the door and explosions…
Trees and kids go together. I climbed them to heights that now dizzy my head and would survey all the lands around my childhood home. I may as well have been a seafarer high on a mast sighting distant land for the excitement and freedom these perches radiated through my heart. Smaller trees fell to…
My step-dad got me this Mary Oliver book for Christmas. Dog Songs is a collection of the poet’s works about or involving various pooches. And she was clearly a dog person. I like to read a poem or two from this volume in a sitting every so often, as I do with most of my…
I followed this truck along Broadway and over the Broadway Bridge last week. Which is to say, I followed the tow truck that was towing this beat-up old mail truck. Every time I looked the delivery truck square in the face, it felt just a little off. I knew it was being towed, but there…
I started my Earth Day with a free doughnut. Which is funny because when I made a pot of coffee this morning to take to the office, I thought, “Man, this would really go great with a doughnut.” Because that’s how people think in their heads. Right? Okay, probably the transcript for my internal monologue…