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“We’re Not in Kansas Anymore”— A Timeless Metaphor for Life
In the 1939 Movie: The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy said it first, staring at a world filled with color. “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” She wasn’t describing Oz. She was describing the moment any of us realized the ground beneath our feet had shifted for good. I think about that line more…
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Let Go of Hate
I remember the exact weight of it—that tight, hot coil sitting just below my sternum, the way it made my jaw ache from clenching. I was watching a colleague accept an award I’d convinced myself I deserved, and the applause in that room sounded like white noise, distant and mocking. Hate is sneaky. It doesn’t…
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The Unexpected Beauty of Uncertainty
“Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state we live in, and there is no way to outfox it.” — Thomas H. Cook. Do you want to know what I remember most about that first day? The smell. Diesel fumes, gutter water, and somebody’s lunch frying in a pan somewhere above the…
