from the week of 12 January 2026
The way of the Infinite is the way of Nothing.
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A good question to ask as we go about our day:
How is the world showing me love right now?
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This dissolution of individuality into relationship is how the ceibo and all its community survive the rigors of the forest. Where the art of war is so supremely well developed, survival paradoxically involves surrender, giving up the self in a union with allies.
—David George Haskell, from The Songs of Trees
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke
To add on to this, I think that any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from spirituality.
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A beautiful Chinese blessing:
平安喜樂, 龙马精神
(píng ān xǐ lè, lóng mǎ jīng shén)
May you have peace and joy and may you have as much vigour as dragons and horses do…
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Ted Stevens often said, “To hell with politics, put Alaska first.”
—Mary Peltola
The more interested in politics a person is, the poorer politician they are. Politics should never be about politics, it should be about people.
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The most insane, crazed love is the most honest form of love.
No one who has ever been madly in love stood to gain anything from that roller coaster other than the joy of the crazy love itself. One should be never be ashamed of the mistakes they make in the heat of passion, as long as those mistakes were made honestly.
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To the truth, be true.
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There are ways beyond ways, roads beyond roads. Just because a problem seems near-unsolvable, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to solve it.
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Colin Powell led through many challenging moments not because he had all the answers, but because people trusted him to find the way forward together.
That kind of trust isn’t granted with a title. It’s earned through consistent demonstration of these five principles.
This week, choose one principle to focus on intensely.
Your leadership impact will speak for itself.
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Accountability matters most when it’s hardest to accept.
—Cal Walters
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Leadership ultimately comes down to creating conditions of trust within an organization. Good leaders are people who are trusted by followers.
Julian JP Lee 
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