“Nutrition requires nuance—it’s personal.” – Meg Bowman I’ve spent a good portion of my career helping people organize data in a way so that it is informative. For example, saving a file to a misnamed or wrong location makes the content practically useless. So much of passing on wisdom and goodness requires it to be … Continue reading How to Share Nutrition and Safety→| Surprised By Joy
“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.” – Nelson Mandela There was a moment on Monday night when I thought, “I hate baseball” as both of my kids were sitting on the couch crying. The Mariners had just lost Game 7 of the ALCS to the … Continue reading How To Share the Ball→| Surprised By Joy
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or the life of another.” – Helen Keller Karen Olson shares a statistic in her book Meant for More: Following Your Heart and Finding Your Purpose that one in thirty children in the United States experience homelessness … Continue reading How to Share a Sandwich→| Surprised By Joy
“The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Ro…| Surprised By Joy
“‘Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkergaard* I learned a powerful lesson about twenty-five years ago when I climbed Mt. Ixtaccihu…| Surprised By Joy
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or the life of another.” – Helen Keller My 86-year-old mother recently bought an Apple watch a…| Surprised By Joy