Courage 2: Lebron James’ Water

Lebron must've heard all of that. He reacted adaptively. The wisdom of Lebron James is knowing the difference between believing one can be great and believing one is inevitably great. He didn't take it for granted.

I’ll Give You 5 Reasons to Move-on…

Here's five reasons not to treat Rogers the same as Kap:

Hello Again, Sports Fans

Assaults won't stop happening until admins care more about ending exploitation and violence than sustaining donations and revenue. Is it so radical to put kindness and honor ahead of money and prestige?

It Still Makes Me Cry Too

My tattoo and I had a conversation this morning. There's too much of 'me' to shove inside desensitized pockets of my brain, lately. e, listening to journalists recap how the FBI failed to investigate reports of sexual assault against these decorated athletes: Nichols, Raisman, Maroney, Biles. It's almost unthinkable we could allow this to happen to our decorated Olympic athletes...

CPJ-3: Don’t Call Me Christian

I need to lay this out: I’m putting the need to seem expert behind me. Now that I’m a Spiritual-Not-Religious-Person there can’t be any more desire to prove my ideas. I’ve been scared to step into this space, even though I know this is the ‘real’ universe.

Wearing an N95 like a Cowboy Hat

I want to linger over this sequence: my hands are totally clean, my street clothes are covered, then the clothes over my clothes form a seal with brand new gloves and sleeves, and then (only then) I pick-up my N95.

Rethinking ‘Shy’

I don't think "shy" and "introverted" exist as attributes of people; they are observed behaviors. The conclusions I've come to in the past hour are probably challenging to many people but I think it's a good challenge.