A Rejection Reflection

Rejection may be inevitable, but it usually isn't personal.

Two Cheers for the Old Home Phone

Telephones used to be attached to walls and transmit only voices. In some ways, that was better.

Your ability to shape the world depends on what you attend to. So pay attention to this.

No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.

You have a better chance of getting where you want to go by starting out lost and heading in the wrong direction than you do by just standing still.

In 1987, my parents sent me to a teen psychologist. Here's how that encounter went.

Whenever you think you can't do something, you should pause to ask what's really stopping you.

What my mother taught me to look for when I was tempted to lose patience with people.

As parents, we don't really create our children. We mostly try to keep them afloat.

Walking 6,000 miles with Bo has taught me at least a couple of things.