“She never reached her potential …” How many times have you heard these words, overheard them, or uttered them yourself? It popped up on TV last night, delivered, seemingly as always, with a heavy dose of pity and maybe a dash of teaching-moment for good measure. And it made me wonder: do we ever really reach our potential? There are myriad ways to quantify it of course, many ways to tick the boxes or label them in the first place. How many degrees, how many cars in the driveway, how many stamps in our passports? Whatever our yardstick, what if… [Read More]
Trying to Live Gracefully in a Rushed World