This week in my inbox came this masterpiece from Maria Popova whom I have raved about before. The piece strikes at the heart of so many important themes and struggles we all have, like impermanence, uncertainty, and the ego. Two passages really caught my eye: "Nothing, not one thing,

That quote from Anais Nin (yet again😄) is the start of our journey to learn the specific skills to see and believe in someone. I have touched on several of these stories and concepts in previous newsletters, but for this "series" coming up, I will share personal stories

by Maria Popova and I want to share it with you for two reasons. First it is such a warm, human piece with so much wonder in it that it left me in awe of this wild and weird situation we humans find ourselves in. Cool stuff. But it dawned

I called my daughter Rachel to say hi and to check in with her about a struggle she was having that we talked about recently. Before going into the conversation, I must admit something. In what one might call Version I Michael, the version who thought he had shit figured