At The Moment, Our Society’s Notion Of

There Is A Purpose To Our Lives, Even If It Is Sometimes Hidden From Us, And Even If The Biggest Turning Points And Heartbreaks Only Make Sense As We Look Back, Rather Than As We Are Experiencing Them. So We Might As Well Live Life As If - As The Poet Rumi Put It - Everything Is Rigged In Our Favor.

The Most Effective Means For Restoring The Integrity Of Our Electoral Process, And Repairing The Public's Tattered Faith In Its Elected Representatives, Is Through The Full Public Financing Of Political Campigns. It's The Mother Of All Reforms: The One Reform That Makes All Other Reforms Possible. After All, He Who Pays The Piper Calls The Tune. If Someone's Going To Own The Politicians, It Might As Well Be The American People.

Failure Is A Stepping Stone To Success.

Often, You'll Fail. But, As My Mother Also Taught Me, Failure Isn't The Opposite Of Success - It's A Stepping Stone To Success.

At The Moment, Our Society’s Notion Of Success Is Largely Composed Of Two Parts: Money And Power. But It’s Time For A Third Metric, Beyond Money And Power - One Founded On Well-being, Wisdom, Our Ability To Wonder, And To Give Back.