There is great power in being refined. We’re going to really break down what that means, and take an in-depth look at the process and the...

There's this Alan Watts quote that says (and I’m paraphrasing) there are a thousand different versions of you floating around in people's minds, and not a single one of them is the real you. A version of you exists in each person's experience, but your “you” itself isn't the only one. Isn’t that an interesting thing to think about? To some people you're the quiet one who doesn't speak much. To others you're the guy who won't shut up. Some see you as cold and distant, even mea

I had a conversation with Moe the other day, a new acquaintance I met through a mutual friend, that stopped me in my tracks. He grew up in the Northern Territories of Iraq, and his perceptions have all been transformed because he’s left that area and lives in the US now, and works here as a dentist. He said, “You know, I’m the same human that was born in that part of the world but I’m not the same person; I don’t have the same beliefs, because I’ve seen so much that it’s tran

I taught a class at the PAR C (Panhandle Adult Rebuilding Center, Amarillo’s outreach for people experiencing homelessness in our city) recently on a question we’ve all heard before: Is the glass half empty or half full? But as I was preparing, I realized the real question isn’t about optimism or pessimism at all. The glass is always full. The question is: what is it full of? I went in that day wanting to teach about perspective, but then I realized I needed to ask them about