When we do our work and focus on trying not to make a mistake, a mistake is inevitable.

Thinking back on my story, confidence was the thing I lost the most when failing at my different job stops. I return to the idea of the three little pigs, realizing I built my foundation on straw and sticks. When life’s winds came around, my house fell. I questioned everything. Was I good at my…

Father Richard names the dance between joy and sadness as a necessary paradox of life:

It is very difficult to transcend the monotonous expectations of the workplace. We still have performance reviews, deadlines, and an unspoken drive to only succeed.

We’d like to believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but we usually take the side of the story we hear first.

I knew a monkey once. She belonged to the woman who owned the hotel across the street from my childhood home in Ethiopia.

If we don’t have the justice system or our parents to punish us when we feel guilty, we do it ourselves.

I’ve come to realize negative outcomes are just as likely as positive. Not thinking about the other side doesn’t make it go away.

You’d think we’d change our position in the face of new information, but after many battles within the mind, we typically stay stubborn to our dominant beliefs.

Perennial joy or passing pleasure? This is the choice one is to make always. — Katha Upanishad 1:2:2