Being About The Journey

The idea that we are all crazier than ever is usually blamed on phones or politics, but there might be a simpler, more physical reason. Sociologist Ray Oldenburg called it the death of the third place. The first place is home, the second is work, and the third is everywhere else we used to linger […]

We live many different chapters in our lives, and no single chapter is the whole story. There is the chapter of learning and becoming, the chapter of building and striving, the chapter of loving and losing, and then another one after that you didn’t expect to write. A book would be dull if every page […]

There are times when our troubles feel too heavy to carry alone. This is a simple prayer to come honestly before the Lord, to give Him everything that is weighing on your heart, and to ask Him to take it, hold it, and give you His peace in return. Dear Lord,I come to You today […]

There’s been lots of events in life, but they never arrived one at a time in neat order. Television arrived as furniture that hummed and needed coaxing, and in that same glow I watched the Beatles try to be heard over the screaming, and years later I watched a news bulletin crawl across the bottom […]

The first half of life is an act of accumulation. We add titles, possessions, relationships, achievements, beliefs about who we should be. We build a life the way you build a house, room by room, convinced that more structure will mean more security, more meaning, more self. By the time we reach the middle, all […]

We are drowning in information while starving for meaning. For most of human history, information was scarce, expensive to copy, hard to reach. Now, the Internet makes it instantaneous, infinite, and free. Anyone can pull up statistics, headlines, polls, expert opinions, and counter-opinions in seconds. That abundance created an illusion of power, that to know […]

You don’t notice it happening until it has already happened. One afternoon you’re doing something utterly ordinary, driving, paying a bill, waiting for coffee to brew, and the math catches you. You are now the age your father was when he sat in that chair with the newspaper, the age your mother was when she […]

Don’t concern yourself with how others feel about you. You don’t have to. That sounds cold at first, almost selfish, but it’s not about indifference. It’s about understanding where your responsibility ends and another person’s inner life begins. You can be kind, you can be honest, you can show up, but you cannot live inside […]

Life can be surprisingly difficult, and that is part of what makes it challenging and interesting. Some days operate like clockwork, almost weightless. You get up, you do the work, the sun is out, the bills are paid, the people you love are fine. You don’t think about ease because you don’t have to. You […]

You only need one person who says, “I believe in you. And if this whole thing goes sideways, I’ll still be there for you.” Just one person. One person is enough. Not a crowd, not an audience, not a chorus of likes and polite encouragement. Just one human being who looks at you clearly, without […]