Look Fear in the Face

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself. “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. –Eleanor Roosevelt

Memo from Michael: Bittersweet Moments of Fatherhood

When my four daughters were genuinely little girls, every milestone was a new source of joy and pride. Now that they are young women, there’s still great pride as they reach new stages of emancipation, but joy isn’t really the right word. To be honest, it feels more like sadness invoking all the clichés ever uttered about the bittersweet moments …

Apply Yourself

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe