I believe that life
- demands us to create a vessel of love, by treating people with radiant kindness and boundless compassion
- asks us to treat each person with dignity, respect their histories, celebrate their joys and honor their hopes
- needs us to be equitable and hold space for all of us to thrive no matter who we are, where we live
- requires us to be proximate to others to recognize and relieve their suffering
To create that world
- we need reason, intuition and tradition
- we build our tapestry of truth because truth is an element each of us holds, but none hold entirely.
- we accept the world as it is, before fighting for a world that could be
- we understand faith, hope, love cannot exist without doubt, despair and pain
- we acknowledge hopelessness is the enemy of justice and appreciate hope is a choice
- we admit that we are stewards of our delicate world
I make change
- by leading with curiosity and a spirit experimentation, but a constancy of purpose
- by efficiently and continuously learning to develop clarity, cultivate excellence and nurture creativity
- by being a deliberate amateur and being open to the unknown and uncomfortable
- by responding to challenges and uncertainty, not merely reacting
- by using a lattice of frameworks in a world that is intricately interconnected and bewildering complicated
- by recognizing that it requires my mind, my heart and my hands to process, distill and solve problems
And I remind myself
- To forgive when I make mistakes, as an act of self-compassion and radical acceptance. And begin again
- To be mindful because awareness can’t be lost only forgotten.
- To build relationships and community because joy cannot be explained, it can only be realized
- To know love by being known, accepting my imperfections and recognizing my transience in this world
- To see that life is a training ground for love, presence and connectedness.
- To be enough, come as I am and face life courageously and gracefully
- To turn to gratitude and wonder, when in doubt
No Parachutes 