It’s easy to see people who’ve accomplished great things, and think “wow, they’ve got it all together.” Usually when we get to peer into the lives of those we admire, it’s the culmination of a lot of hard and “messy” work. We see the glimmer and not the grit it took to get there. This…
Tag: Michelle Obama
The World as it Should Be
“His voice climbed in intensity as he got to the end of his pitch. He wasn’t a preacher, but he was definitely preaching something—a vision. He was making a bid for our investment. The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. “What’s better for us?” Barack called…
Becoming Fearless: a Lesson from Michelle Obama
Today I listening to the audio version of the book “Becoming” by Michelle Obama. Michelle is a great narrator by the way. Being in chronological order, chapter 6 begins her journey of arriving at Princeton. Coming from a family on the lower side of Chicago, she often talks about the fear of “not being enough”…
Hope & Vision > Fear & Division
It began with Native Americans. They were sent to Indian Territory on the Trail of Tears which is now called Oklahoma where I live. Later Tulsa would have one of the most devastating race riots in history…
Finding Your Middle C
Thanksgiving is here, and so starts the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Families and friends getting together uniting over a glutton’s delight, a month before vowing to start the year out right with the new diet plan. But beyond the commercialization is the heart of something really special. They include time spent with…
Becoming by Michelle Obama ~ Book of the Week
This week I made the executive decision to change the book of the week to Becoming by Michelle Obama. I don’t know is it still an executive decision if it’s just me? Anyways, in choosing this book, I thought about how I want this blog to be about becoming our best selves. Part of why…