The extent of our growth is limited only by our intention and our commitment to stay the course

Last week handed me a mix of reality checks: some subtle, some stinging and one or two that made me laugh out loud. They weren’t just about what was happening around me, but about what was happening inside me: listening to understand instead of defending, taking the front seat in my own life, building in the people who matter and remembering that liberty and justice are essential ingredients of lasting peace. Reality checks, after all, are really heart checks… with a hint of humour to keep us grounded.

Second chances don’t come around every day, so when they do, it's important to take full advantage of them

There are three pet peeves of mine that hit hard. And no, these aren’t the kind of annoyances you can fix with a quick font change or running them through a PDF editor. They’re behaviours and attitudes I’ve come to see — in myself and others — that quietly erode growth, potential and trust.

Contentment comes from accepting your fallibility, your status as creation and your ultimate end

Leaders are human first. Leaders cannot afford to be prisoners of their past — or captives of someone else’s story. If we live trapped in either perpetual guilt or perpetual victimhood, we are not free. And we lead from fear, not clarity.

The caterpillar without struggle will never experience the joys of flight

Gratitude is waking up each morning knowing that I've been given another day for a reason and acting on that

We tend to think that life only tests us with depravation or scarcity when, in fact, abundance could also be a test