If There Is No Discipline, There Is No Love

Discipline is a gift we give ourselves. It heightens every human experience and increases every human ability.

Each life-giving endeavors requires discipline. To eat well requires discipline. To exercise regularly requires discipline. To think of other people's needs before our own requires discipline. We do not happen accidentally upon the activities that help us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves. We must choose them, and that choosing requires discipline. read more...

What Is Intimacy?

Intimacy is one of our legitimate needs and a prerequisite of happiness. You can survive without intimacy, but you cannot thrive without it.

Intimacy is one of our legitimate needs and a prerequisite of happiness. You can survive without intimacy, but you cannot thrive without it. We yearn for intimacy, but we avoid it. We want it badly, but we run from it. At some deep level, we sense that we have a profound need for intimacy, but we are also afraid to go there. Why? We avoid intimacy because having intimacy means exposing our secrets. read more...