Show Them Age is No Barrier
“When Bessie Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s mother, was 68 years old, she saw an ad on television for the Peace Corps that said ‘Age is no barrier.’ So she joined. Almost 70 years old, she went to I...
1 Jan 20212min
It’s Never Too Late
“We talked recently about Springsteen’s choice for parents: Will you be an ancestor or a ghost? Haunt them or help them? The story he tells about how he came to this understanding comes from his own s...
31 Des 20203min
You Have To Make Time For This
“You’re stressed. You’re busy. You have so much on your plate. Time to read? Other than kids books? Get out of here. Except maybe the latter is the solution to the former. If you want to be less stres...
30 Des 20203min
The Present Is Pleasurable Enough
“After a long and arduous hunt, Theodore Roosevelt finally got the bull caribou he had been tracking. ‘It was one of those moments,’ he later wrote, ‘that repay the hunter for days of toil and hardshi...
29 Des 20203min
You Have To Keep Track
“This whole thing can go by so fast. Because you have so much going on. Because you feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water. It’s understandable, but if you don’t slow down and wrap your...
28 Des 20202min
We Can Be That Gift
“Marcus Aurelius’s father died when he was young. But then this young boy who was cursed by tragedy received a great gift--a gift that the children who have received it, know to be one of the most inc...
25 Des 20202min
Make Sure They Know That They Are Plenty
“Lyndon Johnson grew up poor. Like, log cabin, almost 19th century poor. He was not, like his future running mate, John F. Kennedy, unaware of the economic crises of his time. He was not sent to the b...
24 Des 20203min
Don’t Be All About Business
“Is there anything sadder than a person whose work is their life? They neglect their family, they put in crazy hours, they have no interests, no hobbies outside what they do at the office. Maybe your ...
23 Des 20202min
