It's fine to take a share of what life offers to you. But don't chase it, in fact be happy to abstain from it. That is the path to contentment and wisdom.

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The thing about cycles is this. While inevitable and heroically beautiful, they are simultaneously tragic and sucky.

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Week #4 of 2025 has arrived. The polar vortex has sent super cold weather to the Great Plains. My hands hurt it's so cold. The polar vortex is cyclical. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square.  Done? Cycles. Everything cycles. And yet, cycles don't exist in a vacuum. We are imprisoned in the cycles of: the universe, the earth, human history, our country, our culture, our politics, our family, etc... but we aren't imprisoned by those cycles. And while as individuals we can't remove ourselves from the cycles we find ourselves in, our actions do affect the trajectory and duration of the cycles. You do have agency. However, it is often not the agency that...

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You often don't have a choice about the first arrow.  You ALWAYS have a choice about the second.

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Can we change our nature and pop our wheels out of the ruts of a familiar trail when we are hopeful for a new track? Is that what is required? Or is it enough to just become slightly better at observing the signals the universe sends to us?

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It takes courage to have a vision, but before that it takes clarity.

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Week 28 of 2024 has arrived. Just over halfway through 2024.  Smack dab in the middle of the summer and the 4th turning. The world turns and moves on. I wonder if my 18-year-old self would recognize me at 47. I'm not sure he would. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? In our house, Ryann (my wife) and I are in the middle of the struggle with the speed of the childhood clock. It's easy to see the loss.  They aren't the chubby little minions who say things like "my toe-thumb hurts" or reach out spontaneously to hold my hand. We weren't quite prepared to be relegated to spectator so "early" in the timeline....

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I think of The Great Sadness as the hole that none of us can fill.  No matter how hard you try... you just can't fill it. It's something you just have to hold, awkwardly...

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You can choose to be tougher. You should value toughness over ability. You always have a choice to endure, to push yourself a bit farther than you prefer.

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Spend time with your family and friends. The to-do list will still be there when you return.

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