Three reflections on how love, in all its forms, is the lesson our suffering teaches us.

We’re supposed to do inner-work, gritty spiritual and moral work, with others around us. It’s their grace when we make mistakes that transforms us.

If someone else dictates of the rhythm of the day, they control us.

Raising kids for goodness, not greatness—why Path 2 parenting matters, and how to do it with love, presence, and community.

My American Dream for this era is that we do the hard work of rebuilding fundamentals, together. If we do that, the next generation can swing at truly transforming humanity.

A culture of favors vs. a culture of gifts

Because of Generative AI, our journals can now talk back to us as mentors.

It lives wherever there is light.

That we all have moments of near-death, is a reason to have a little extra grace.

We’ll never know exactly why we’re here. But we still have to choose how to act.

The story of how you were born, Griff. 

In a crisis, it’s incredibly hard to know how to accept offers of help. This is a tool to make that simpler.

Having strings attached is the point. 

We can all choose to make our work environments less toxic and more habitable for everyone.

We don’t have to keep justifying our choices to the ghosts of our past selves.

I hope crying harder at old movies means I’m living more deeply.

We can choose which game we want to play.

We can’t just listen, even intently. We have to prove it.

New eras are worth the struggle because we get to see those we love with new eyes. 

Men today are living through a reset in gender roles. Fair Play by Eve Rodsky is a great book to help navigate this change.

In this post, I’ve also include a Fair Play PDF template you can use on Remarkable or another writing tablet.

My costliest mistake as a parent was trying to make my sons’ world more like mine.

For me, our biggest debates about politics and culture come down to two questions about surplus.

If we don’t know how to treat someone who is not a close tie, we can just smile.

When we retire, I hope we realize we’ve been doing so wonderful things all along. 

I was thinking of a high school play - which satires Deux ex Machina - when thinking about the role of abundance and whether goodness is even necessary.