Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Living

Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.

  • First

    Going first is exciting and frightening: challenging and hopeful. It is also almost always where the magic happens.

  • Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas – however it comes and in whatever way you may celebrate – may this be a season of joy.

  • We have a twisted view of excellence and expectation; and we are afraid that there is more than one way to teach.

  • We take the word joy as a synonym for happy. Something we are, rather than a momentary emotion. The distinction can help lead to both.

  • Christmas trees topped with glowing stars are beautiful. There is no doubt why we do it. How we do it, on the other hand…

  • Most of the time the stuff we’re arguing about really is what we’re arguing about. It’s easy to play it out, to slide down that slippery slope, take it all the way to the inevitable conclusion. And stake a claim out there. For them. That what they’re saying is so unbelievably ridiculous. To assume we…