When I was a kid, sticking dots on a map to show where my people were was a simple task. Sure, there were the family members that lived a little further away from me than preferable, but most of my loved ones were clustered in the geographic circle I called home. Continue reading “what to do with a heart made of map dots”
On this planet, any sort of innovation comes with risk. Risk is minimized by repeating the tried and true, but it takes boldness to try something brand new. Those types of experiments of innovation are the greatest risk of all, but also lead to the greatest success. Continue reading “America Is The Greatest Experiment”
People are not bullet points and statistics. They are stories, the sum of all their experiences. Continue reading “Why The World Needs Your Story”
“You owe it to your philosophy to learn how to win.”
-Morton Blackwell
I’m not a person who typically comes up with ideas quickly. In any matter of significance, I tend to sit back and mull things over. There are too many decisions in life that shouldn’t be rushed. For example, choosing words to build my year around. Continue reading “Courage&Connection: Ideas To Guide 2018”
I have always found endings to be very bittersweet. Continue reading “to draw to a close…”
Humans like to put things in boxes. Continue reading “boxes don’t hold people very well”
A clock that reads three o’clock in the morning, burning eyes, and a reeling mind are not an oft desired combination. Continue reading “a three in the morning kind of magic”
Abolition [ab·o·li·tion], noun: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution. Continue reading “The December Abolitionists”
Life spins fast. In a few decades, this moment of time could be frozen, the motivation for you to turn to a person you love and ask them, “Do you remember when…?” Continue reading ““Remember when…?””
KELVEY OLIVIA VANDER HART 