On doing the hard stuff… As much as I want to make life and work about skill and competence, it really is all about heart and will. For all that my “book learning” has taught me, the ability and desire to persevere in difficult moments is found in the most profound body of work that we have at our disposal; prayer. For much of my life, I have thought and assumed that prayer changes things. Today, I am certain that prayer changes me and the seeds of sheer possibility are sown in the moments my of own transformation.