You'll find that as you grow old, you stop bothering to hide the self you've been all along. I aspire to that every day. -Charles Frazier, Varina
 An article and a TedX Talk
From Karen and Henry Kimsey House and Sam House: Definition of a Leader One who is responsible for their world. Everyone is a leader, therefore everyone is responsible for their world.  People change in stages. They go from not even really considering making a change, to contemplating making one, to preparing to make the change…and THEN (and only then) do they spring into action. The actual behavior change (like starting to exercise, or going on a diet) is not the first stage of change, but the fourth. Here’s the long and the short of it: To be successful in a New Year’s Resolution, you need to be in that fourth stage of change. What stage are you in? (Prochaska and DiClemente) 
 Could Have BY Wislawa Szymborska It could have happened. It had to happen. It happened earlier. Later. Nearer. Farther off. It happened, but not to you. You were saved because you were the first. You were saved because you were the last. Alone. With others. On the right. The left. Because it was raining. Because of the shade. Because the day was sunny. You were in luck -- there was a forest. You were in luck -- there were no trees. You were in luck -- a rake, a hook, a beam, a brake, A jamb, a turn, a quarter-inch, an instant . . . So you're here? Still dizzy from another dodge, close shave, reprieve? One hole in the net and you slipped through? I couldn't be more shocked or speechless. Listen, how your heart pounds inside me. California Poem BY JOHNNY CASH 1966 There’s trouble on the mountain And the valley’s full of smoke There’s crying on the mountain And again the same heart broke. The lights are on past midnite The curtains closed all day There’s trouble on the mountain The valley people say. Chase the work: Purpose over position. --DeRay Mckesson, "Pod Save the People" |
