8/7 Destination: Inle Lake, Myanmar

Patience

“Patience is the key to joy.” ~ Rumi Ahhhh… patience. This is a virtue I am developing. Patiently, of course. 🙂 I have this thought from Epictetus on my whiteboard whenever I used to feel my patience wane: “If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it […]

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

~ Tim Ferriss, The Four Hour Work Week

What Lies Outside

Imagine a vast hall in Anglo-Saxon England, not long after the passing of King Arthur. It is the dead of winter and a fierce snowstorm rages outside, but a great fire fills the space within the hall with warmth and light. Now and then, a sparrow darts in for refuge from the weather. It appears […]