Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface of the Internet is also this way. Things are either perfectly right or they will not work. So much of the world we work and live in is based upon being correct, being perfect.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.

I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing.

Hope is a function of struggle.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.