Cost encompasses a lot more than a price tag. There are relational costs to feeling discouraged. There are physical costs to choosing not to work out. There are emotional costs to berating yourself mentally. Take a holistic view of your costs, which ones provide the most value (happiness, fulfillment, etc.) to you? And consider how…

Tomorrow is billowing smoke. More time is not promised. Take the opportunity, tell the story, ask the question, cry, make a leap. Today is all you have. Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen on Unsplash.

Without concious acknowledgement, we are often surrounded by treacherous company. Two beasts with an insatiable apitite, one representing the ego and the other kindness. Which will be your master? Whichever you feed. Photo by Soma Laszlo on Unsplash.

If you look inside and see a divide, If you cry for the brokenhearted, and condolence drifts as cargo on streams of woe, If you taste forgiveness after climbing a hill of fear, If you remain after being beaten down again, and again, If you say what your heart wanted, instead of reflecting on an…

Most of the work is showing up. Walking into the gym. Typing the first line. Voicing an interest in being involved. Outcomes and involvement are tied at the hip, one can’t grow without the other. Photo by Ansgar Scheffold on Unsplash.