“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”—Henry David Thoreau A path through the forest is not created in a single day. It is formed by repetition. One traveler walks through the brush, then another, and another, until what was once wild and overgrown becomes...

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.” Winston Churchill There is something magical about watching a kite dance across the sky. I remember standing in an open field on a windy day, struggling to get the kite off the ground. The harder the wind blew, the more impossible it seemed. The kite twisted, dove, and tangled itself in frustration. Yet the moment I learned how to work with the wind instead of against it, everything changed. Suddenly it lifted higher and higher until it...

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." — Malcolm X This weekend, my friend’s daughter graduates from college. What an exciting moment to witness — the closing of one chapter and the opening of another filled with possibility, dreams and unknown adventures. There is something beautiful about seeing a young soul standing at the edge of a brand new beginning with the world stretched out before her like an unopened map. It made me...