I find it easy to get overwhelmed by the immensity of challenges large and small. When I look at political discussions, I can chase down avenues of doubt and chaos. When I listen to stories of pain in other parts of the world, I freeze. My pain is nothing compared to theirs, and I cannot […]

Chip and Dan Heath write, “Proverbs are helpful in guiding individual decisions in environments with shared standards. Those shared standards are often ethical or moral norms. Proverbs offer rules of thumb for the behavior of individuals” (Made to Stick, 47-48). Recently, I read this after a conversation with a friend about reading a chapter of […]