Family

I could look successful in public and still give the people at home too little of me. I had to pay attention to what they were experiencing.

Writing The Tricycle Way did not finish the work. I still had to put the phone down, listen and practice what I had written.

An apology begins a conversation. The person who was let down may need time and consistent behavior before relying on the promise again.

Nothing dramatic had happened that day. I was simply exhausted, and I had to ask why I kept treating that as proof of commitment.

The business, the show and the travel kept me busy. I had to ask how the life I was living had become so distant from the one I wanted.

I came home from a business trip and took another call. When my wife asked me to leave the room, I felt hurt before I looked at my own part in it.

I was judging my family while overlooking the care they still gave me. I had work to do before asking them to trust that I had changed.