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Lost Epiphanies
I keep a notepad beside my bed. Often, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night with a blog idea or a brilliant realization, and I know I’ll forget it by the time the alarm goes off in the morning if I don’t write it down. I know this because it happens all the…
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Dedication
I admire dedication. For instance, when I watch the rowing crews practicing in the pouring rain in the dead of Seattle winter, I think, “Wow. I could never do that.” But that’s not true. I could do that, I suppose. But would I? Hell no. I like warmth. And if I can’t have warmth, I…
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Transformations
Not long ago, I had a good dog. He was my best friend. He was my emotional bedrock. In a time when all the sand seems to be shifting beneath my feet, he was the one living thing that I could count on. And then I went to dinner. And when I got back home,…
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Finding your Truth
People often make the mistake of thinking that truth is like some kind of moral binary code. It’s either one or zero. Fact or fiction. Yes or no. Right or wrong. Good or evil. Black or white. But most of us, if we’re honest, navigate the grey areas more often than we have perfect, unarguable…