Category: Curiosity

  • The Myth of Certainty

    The Myth of Certainty

    What is your relationship with uncertainty? Like a well-orchestrated square dance, uncertainty weaves the ring of our life with its favorite dance partner, discomfort. Some days, we are called to turn our back on it and “do- si- do.” Other days, we take hold of it and proudly “promenade.” Yet other days, we are invited…

  • Across the Bridge of Self Reflection

    Across the Bridge of Self Reflection

    One of the most profound gifts of insight I have received in this lifetime came through a 26-year career in picture framing. Day after day, each design session revealed the same truth. A single work of art could be seen and experienced differently based entirely on the colors and textures you surrounded it with. And…

  • Mine to Do…?

    Mine to Do…?

    The Minnesota winter of 2023-24 was one in name only. Persistent grey skies and stubborn tawny shades defined a landscape that would have normally been contoured by nature’s frozen frosting. I am not going to lie; my nervous system enjoyed its seasonal vacation. I had not realized how demanding this season was to my overly…