TL;DR: People ask me how my mom is doing. Last week, in Alaska, from overseas, around the neighborhood, at a family reunion in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. I know every one of them means it. The question is a good one; but, it is the question...
TL;DR: I was teaching a room how to be present with each other when I found out the man who taught me presence had died. I finished the session. Then I spent the night writing … while I was grieving. I'm still sitting with what that says about how I'...
TL;DR: Most of what matters was built long before anyone was watching. I keep finding myself in rooms where I am seeing the final moments - and current impacts - of what took years to build. On the Work Below the SurfaceTSN 26.27 July 19, 2026Fr...
TL;DR: Halfway through the year, and the number feels different than I expected. My mother's anniversary arrives this week, and with it a silence where her voice used to be. The house I'm living in right now holds grief and space at the same time. So...
TL;DR: The most important things I carry, I found. I found them in books, in biographies, in the lives of people who went all in on who they were. The ones who shaped me most were already deep into their work long before I was paying attention. I'v...
TL;DR: I drew two diagrams in my notebook at a café in Montgomery, Alabama - the place where this life of service began. One has arrows pointing out. The other has arrows pointing in. This week put me at the center of both. A ceremony humbled me to m...
TL;DR: I stopped the "always be selling" in 2019. What replaced it wasn't a better strategy. It was presence. And presence, it turns out, compounds.On Being All InTSN 26.23Hi there I kinda can't help myself.Given the opportunity, I am going to ask qu...
TL;DR: This week taught me something about wanting. Knowing the answer. And letting myself act on it. On WantingTSN 26.22Hiya After Sunday’s ride in North Marin County, I stopped by two places. The croissant I like comes from one baker...
TL;DR Some weeks I can't fix anything. I show up anyway. And if I’m lucky, I find one place where the only option is to be completely present. That's grace. This week held more than I knew how to carry. The bike helped.On Grace TSN: 26.21 | 24...
Hiya ,I have your email address as , the one you entered way back when for “The Note” which I send via email ‘bout once a week. Here’s the most recent reflection: www.TheSundayNote.space If you’re not reading, no worries, just scroll down and h...
