“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”     — Mahatma Gandhi When we were raising teenagers, each kid got three free passes — to make idiotic, illegal, borderline-immoral, ill-informed, impulsive mistakes (e.g. vandalizing the schools  boys room  with hundreds of packets of  squirted ketchup).    After three,...Read More

To travel means, ultimately, nothing more than coming back home a different person from the one who left.            Pico Iyer I grew up on a cul-de-sac (see above), defined as a blind alley closed at one end.  As a street design when I was a kid, it was glorious.  As...Read More

I’m never more courageous than when I’m embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.                                              Brené Brown I was first introduced to the idea that we can “create...Read More