Dolly Parton died this week. And somehow, even though I never met her, the news made me stop. Perhaps that is what happens when someone has been woven into the fabric of the world for so long. Their death feels bigger than the loss of one person. Something shifts. Some deaths rock a family. Some rock a community. Some rock a nation. And every once in a while, someone dies, and it feels as though the whole world rocks just a little. But lately I've been wondering if perhaps ev

The Discipline of a Beautiful Life Perfection is perhaps the hardest place to live. For one thing, we simply cannot stay there forever. Even when life feels almost perfect—when the people we love are well, our work is fulfilling, our relationships feel secure, and the future seems to be unfolding exactly as we hoped—something eventually changes. Because life changes. People change. Circumstances change. We change. And no one ever promised us a rose garden—or tomorrow—so when