The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts.

We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talents to question and confront the culture.

Why follow the steps of another to find out where our dreams will lead us.

All we have to do to create the future is to change the nature of our conversations, to go from blame to ownership, and from bargaining to commitment, and from problem solving to possibility.

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.

We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.

Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and give us a saving image to personally relate to.