Developing a sense of community is tough. Meeting new people. Branching out of your comfort zone. Silence. Awkwardness.
There are a few simple things that help people bond:
• Eat together
• Laugh together.
• Pray together.
• Serve together.
Communities that do these things are unbelievably strong. They don’t easily break. They forgive one [...]
Conan wins, and perhaps, so does Jay Leno. As Jay moves back to the Tonight Show, I still find myself inspired by Conan’s last few moments on that show.
I’m not the greatest or most committed fan of Conan O’Brien. He does some things that are funny, others that I find crude. Nevertheless. [...]
Hope it relieves some of the tension you’ve feeling to read that.
Amongst many people, who seem to have it all together, there seems to be this sort of underlying anti-passionate, over-pressured, unemotional, detached, and trying-too-hard type of attitude.
At some point, perhaps around the time of the Magna Carta or the landing [...]
Luge is incredible.
In Vancouver, the difference between first place and twenty-second place is less than a second after first round of the men’s single race. That’s unreal.
So the difference was only made by that one extra egg that a athlete ate that morning, or whether they have static [...]
What if things cost you more than you realize?
Which is the greater cost: the cost of risking everything to solve the problem or the cost of living with blinders on?
I know this may be beating a dead horse, but I think you’re great.
Why?
Because you were created uniquely. To do something unique. To be someone who changes things where you are, whenever you are supposed to. You are different than anyone I’ve ever met. And you have [...]
They are only words.
I have allowed words to be merely words, disregarding action. You have, too.
We must act.
We.
Must.
Do.
Something.
It’s not hard. Just. Do. Something.
•Become everyone’s favorite friend.
•Become super cool.
•Help Haiti.
•Embrace a radical idea that could change everything.
•Stop doing everything in order to do something.
My pastor reminded me of this line from a 1980s anti-drug ad. It made me remember that memorable lines are hugely important. As much as they are parodied and sometimes mocked…. they stick. Sometimes for decades.
Focused and clear, the point is made.
…. Because he’s on the edge of something quite large.
He tweets “I just wanted to play the guitar for people. Everything else just sort of popped up and I improvised, and kept doubling down on it…”
Some of his lyrics and actions are debatable, but his music is solid. This is a guy with incredible influence [...]
Almost every day on the drive home from my office, usually between 5 and 10 p.m., I see a man standing on a local corner. He is waiting for someone. For some thing. He unceasingly watches his back. He’s not accepting donations or and chances are he’s not without a home. [...]
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