It Is Easier to Tear Down Than to Build

Anybody can tear into an idea. That part comes easy. Somebody says what they want to build, and before the sentence is finished there is already a person in the room explaining why it will fail, why somebody tried it before, why the timing is wrong, why the people involved are wrong, why the whole […]
If the Heart Is the Root, What Holds the Soul?

A tree does not explain itself. It just stands there doing the work. Roots below the ground, trunk holding weight, limbs reaching, leaves turning toward light. I use that picture in Excelsior because sometimes an image gets closer to a thought than a definition does. Heart, soul, spirit. I could give you three separate words […]