Word: Witness Sentence: To witness someone is to see what they are carrying, even when you cannot take it away. Passage: Early in my teaching career,…

Word: Routine Sentence: Our routines show what matters to us because they are the things we keep coming back to. Passage: I think we give leadership…

Word: Direction Sentence: Direction is knowing what matters enough to decide what gets your time, your energy, and your attention. Passage: When I arrived at each…

Word: Proximity Sentence: Proximity changes what we understand, and what we understand changes how we lead. Passage: One of the things I learned about leadership is…

Word: Threshold Sentence: Every threshold is an invitation to enter differently than we arrived. Passage: When I first started teaching, I realized pretty quickly that many…

Word: Inheritance Sentence: We do not choose everything we inherit, but we do choose what we carry forward. Passage: When I walked into my first principalship,…

Word: Fire Sentence: Fire is the purpose that pulls us toward the people and places that need our care. Passage: I have always been someone who…

Word: Why Sentence: Your why may not protect you from the hard days, but it can still help carry you through them. Passage: One year ago,…

Word: Crisis Sentence: Every crisis asks the same question: What will this moment grow inside of you? Passage: In January of my first year as a…

Word: Healing Sentence: Healing begins when we stop rushing past the hurt and give it somewhere honest to go. Passage: Healing is hard because it asks…