“As my doubts about whether to move to the Balkans lingered, I devised a test for myself that I have used many times since. The test, as I put it then, was as follows: if I end up not making it as a journalist, will something else I learn in the process make it worth…

Within the first few minutes of connecting I shared what I’d been reading lately. Coincidentally, the author of the book had been a professor for a course they took in college. This small world becomes even smaller when you share what you’ve been learning. In the best way possible.

Just another day. And yet in that day a step, although maybe small, was made forward. It may not be a visible enough change for a few weeks, months, or years from now but it’s progress none the less.

Could be good could be bad, no matter what it is people want unity. Even when they’re being divisive. Especially when they’re being divisive.

How much of the battle is simply starting? 20%, 60%, 87%? Once the first step has been taken, momentum stays at your back like a gentle wind. What does it take you to start?