Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.

I asked when I bought my home if I could have a pickup truck, and they said it was OK as long as it didn't have writing on it. We're afraid it's not going to stop with this. Before you know it, they'll be saying you can't have a vehicle that's more than three years old, or you can't have a motorcycle.

You can choose one or two or three or none.

Maybe if you're on the highway, you could hit a deer and fuel your car, or you could use leftovers from deer season.

I left the meeting feeling confident that the administration is going to take the proactive steps necessary to address the concerns that have been expressed by some community members.

Observe, orient, decide, act. It's fighter pilot terminology. If you have the faster OODA loop in a dogfight, you live. The other person dies. In Silicon Valley, the OODA loop of your decision-making is effectively what differentiates your ability to succeed.