Looking Back

Looking Back

There are moments in life when we realize just how quickly the years have moved. A photograph. A song. A familiar scent. A conversation at the kitchen table. Suddenly we are looking back while still trying to understand the present moment. On June 6, Debbie and I...
Feeling Left Behind

Feeling Left Behind

Sometimes the feeling comes before the words. Only later do you realize—this is what it is. In Contentment: What You’re Searching for Is Already Yours, that experience is named in a chapter called “Feeling Left Behind.” You’ve felt it. Watching others move ahead....
Feeling Left Behind

Presence

It’s easy to miss your own life. That’s why, in Contentment: What You’re Searching for Is Already Yours, there is a chapter simply called “Practicing Presence.” Because your life is happening now. Not later. Not when things settle down. Not when everything finally...
Feeling Left Behind

When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned

You don’t need a chapter title to know this feeling. But in Contentment: What You’re Searching for Is Already Yours, there is one—“When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned.” Because you’ve lived it. You’ve made plans. Held onto them. Believed they would unfold a certain way....
Feeling Left Behind

A Thank You Note

Before you read a single page of Contentment: What You’re Searching for Is Already Yours, you’ve already helped write part of its story. Because of you, this book exists. You said something. You listened. You believed. And it mattered. So thank you—for encouraging me...