When my wife and I moved from New Jersey to Oregon in January, the plan was for my income to continue, so she wouldn't have to go back to her PT job.

I failed.

My wife had to return to work, and during her pregnancy, to boot.

They know they are never alone.

No matter what they do or where they turn, they know—not believe—but in every sense of their being know they are held in God's loving embrace.

How can I be the best husband, father, coach, teacher, and leader in the world?

“In the world” is important—not because we’ll ever be objectively the best, but because of the inner way of being it creates.

You're giving space for the beauty that wants to emerge, rather than trying to grasp the illusion of control.

The dark unknown is where most people turn back.

Don’t.

It’s in the dark that new growth begins.

If someone offered me the money and the agreement was that I couldn’t work one-on-one with people, but could still speak, write, and share messages like this, honestly…I might take it.

To my future sons and daughters…on this day, January 2nd, 2015, I, Louis Redmond, stop drinking.