A Thousand Miles

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching But the first step isn’t the hardest. On a thousand mile journey, you’ll have times when you can’t see the destination and can’t see how far you’ve come. You’ll desperately want to quit. Begin, yes. […]

60 Hours

If you spent 6 hours a day for two work weeks on a skill, how much better would you get? That’s two weeks of 9-4, Monday-Friday with an hour for lunch. How good would you be at yo-yoing? How much more efficient would you be at washing dishes? Long division? […]

Family First

I missed my Monday night rehearsal this week. It hardly ever happens, even if I’m pretty sick, but tonight it was unavoidable and for the best of reasons. This Saturday I was in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to celebrate my grandmother’s 100th birthday. I thought I was able to plan […]

100 Years

Yesterday was my grandmother’s 100th birthday. As I watched her get up from her chair to greet the many family members visiting her Massachusetts home, I thought, “if I can stand up that fast at eighty I’ll be happy!” She lives at home and continues to share new stories from her […]