“Weep, trust, pray, think, shift, hope, grow. Ways to handle suffering.” – Tim Keller Tim Keller was a preacher from New York City. He passed away in 2023. I followed him on Twitter because he tweeted profound thoughts like the one above. You don’t exit life without tough things happening to you. It’s a fact. […]

We are facing a “new normal.” Still not certain what that will be. Early in adulthood, I was exposed to the idea that life would be a series of transitions, one after the other. “Same old, same old” wasn’t a thing. “Continuing change” would be. The person who taught me that idea went further by saying, […]

I was moving some furniture this weekend. One piece was an antique pedestal table with a separate marble top. Knowing the top and bottom were unattached, we lifted it onto the open truck bed in one piece. My thought was that the marble was heavy and would probably stay in place. You know the story, […]

Olympic runner Alexi Pappas says that when trying to do something hard, you should expect “crappy” days. “My Olympic coach told me after a particularly challenging workout… ‘that’s okay, it’s the rule of thirds,’” Pappas recalled. When she asked her coach to explain what he meant, he said, “When you’re chasing a dream or doing […]