The notion our personal experience equates to everyone else is a false narrative. We can have a similar experience and bond over those occurrences, but nothing translates to everyone. We would be wiser to interact with each other remembering this, and the world would be a more compassionate.

We often assume what people will get from interacting with us, but we know very little about what the people, groups, and crowds we interact with will take from their time with us. That’s ok, and we should forge ahead, being more comfortable being surprised by what people learn from us.

How often are we presented with negative feedback, and how often do we get the pleasure of hearing positives about ourselves? Maybe we should examine that ratio and try to increase the positive feedback.

You never know the impact and imprint you have on people. Grace Howe heard me tell my stories in 2018 in Waukon, Iowa. She came back in 2022 to write a paper for college about me. Her words are how I will kick off 2023. This is why I started this at 23, and I’m itching to keep it going!

The holiday tradition I get the pleasure of experiencing with my wife’s family is pure magic. But how else would one describe a letter from Santa

This weird thing happens; we forget we were young once when attempting to lead young people. We stifle and mute the same passion we once carried with us.

The most challenging question I get asked?: Why do I do this? It’s hard to answer because there are many reasons, and it’s evolved over the years. All I know is that after all these years of telling stories, a whisper of hope is still a powerful thing, maybe the most powerful.

I’m not old in human years, but at 40, I’m old in basketball years. Recently, I reentered the game at an open gym. I still have it but do not have as much as I used to. That is entirely okay in my book. Yet the joy that comes with doing stuff we love came rushing back!