I'd forgotten that Kind of Blue (Miles Davis), while containing no words, contains the answer to every question in life.

To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis: Show us your laptop. Show us your iCloud. Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation. You won’t. You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out. That is not who we are. My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count. For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame. I no longer believe that. Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us. And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts. That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena. Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next. Life does not determine our character. It reveals it. Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next? We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day. So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop. You won’t. The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing. That is the only definition that matters.

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#BiltAmbassador So, the shiny new @BiltRewards 2.0 card finally arrived the day after I earned the signup bonus 😂

The current president of the United States of America just told the world that he’s going to invade another country because he wasn’t given a peace prize.

Barack Obama just surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans on Veterans Day.

These Democrats in the Senate betrayed the American people, and for what? Angus King Tim Kaine Catherine Cortez Masto John Fetterman Dick Durbin Maggie Hassan Jeanne Shaheen Jackie Rosen If American democracy fails to survive, it will be in large part bc of cowards like them.

Imagine not voting for Kamala Harris because eggs were too expensive only to end up with everything being more expensive, losing your health insurance, the military in your neighborhood and a geriatric president ranting about ending 10 wars.

🚨 This isn’t a movie. This is real life. 🚨 Abbott is literally threatening to erase the votes of millions because his party can’t win fair elections. If you’re not horrified, you’re not paying attention. Democracy is on life support. #TexasCoup #AuthoritarianGOP

Saw it opening day. Definitely a must-watch.

It’s indeed horrible. As is the proliferation of loud TVs and music in public places, restaurants, and cafes.

Republican Mayor of Mesa, AZ, John Giles: “I think the time has come for us as Arizona Republicans to admit the obvious...which is that our party’s nominee is not qualified for office…” #RepublicansForHarris

Randy does it again!

Possibly unpopular opinion: I actually like Dallas

The cross on St Theresa of Avila Church, Camp street, New Orleans

Owl in a snowy East Memphis backyard. Neighbors say this owl is a regular visitor and they call him Mortimer. (courtesy Bob Ott) wreg.com/weather/weather-wea…

Dearhearts, anyone with a full life is busy. They don't like you like that. Someone will. Move on. Your person is looking for you, and you are wasting time on some joker. Thanks for coming to my Kimberly Talk.

Yeah she did. Yeah we did. @ayewolfe forever. mississippitoday.org/2023/05…

Percentage of Mississippians who want to: • Expand Medicaid: 75% • Fully fund public ed: 79% • Eliminate grocery tax: 68% Brandon Presley wants to do these things. Gov. Tate Reeves does not. Will that matter in 2023 governor's race? @BobbyHarrison9: mississippitoday.org/2023/03…

Merry Christmas, y’all! One service down; three to go. P.S. I joined the choir! 🎶🎵 @ St. James' Episcopal Church instagram.com/p/Cmkb8LdunWt/…