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Smell the Flower.
When we look up from our phones…When we put down the list,take a breath,and choose to be here
The Trouble with Expectations (and What to Do Instead)
It’s something I see again and again, with the leaders I work with, the teens my friends parent, and even inside my own story, especially before all this healing courage work: We hold really high expectations.For how people should act.For how life should go.For how things should* feel. And
I’m so grateful.
I’ve spent years walking alongside the leaders of Special School District of St. Louis County and today, I got to spend the whole day with the ones who make so much of that leadership possible. The secretaries. The support staff. The steady hands
It’s choosing love—every single time.
I’m often told I’m the most disciplined person someone knows. And it’s true—discipline is part of my courage value. It’s not just how I’m wired (though that’s part of it), and it’s not just my routines (and there are many). It’s the product
Feel it, not be it.
Maybe it feels like the emotions are owning the room. Maybe they’re being flung around. Maybe they’re simmering just beneath the surface. Maybe it’s their feelings. Maybe it’s yours. Most likely—it’s all of the above. And when emotions run unchecked, trust erodes. Harm happens. It doesn’t
