November 25, 2025
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Emily Dickinson
One of favorite things about life is that at any moment, everything could change. You could meet a person who becomes your partner, create art that inspires a fellow soul, welcome an interesting new business opportunity.
I like to think this has happened multiple times in my life. Maybe it was when a neighbor rescued me from drowning in their pool when I was six, giving me a second chance in life. Maybe it was when I liked a stranger’s retweet that six years later led us to bringing two kids into this world. Maybe it was when a colleague in a happenstance hallway interaction encouraged me to send an email (that I had no notion of ever sending), that led me to a work partnership going on 12 years.
The point is, you never know when life is going to put someone or something in front of you that will change everything. So I like to go through life thinking that anything is possible, and that this could be one of those days where everything changes. I find it’s more fun and exciting that way. An attitude of what-if, could-this-be, and it-might. No one knows, so why not believe?