"Where there is no thought, there is no problem." - Byron Katie, Loving What Is

In The War of Art, Steven Pressfield shines a light on what he calls “resistance.” It’s the thing that keeps us from doing what we dream of doing.

Today: What to do about the elephant in the room. In 1814, Ivan Krylov wrote The Inquisitive Man, which tells the story of a man who visited a museum and noticed many things but not the elephant.

What is this year about for you? On January 6th, my running friends talked about and shared the One Word they came up with for their year; one of my friends had already forgotten about hers.

I’ve been speaking in front of groups for about 15 years, and it never fails: I’m always nervous beforehand. If nervousness were a spectrum of energy, the feeling might range from a fluttery discussion with the butterflies to making up excuses to cancel.

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.If you are anxious you are living in the future.If you are at peace you are living in the present.”― Lao Tzu

I went for a solo run in the woods. It’s the only way I can quiet my mind. I bumped into people I know. It’s a small town, and I’m not the only one who finds comfort in the trees.

I am only ten pages into Ari Shapiro’s The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a life spent listening, and I am sucked in from the first sentence:“I became a public speaker in the first grade.”

I just returned home from a work trip in Portland, my first time there since before COVID. If you haven’t been, Portland is a vibe, and today, I’d like to explore what I mean by that.