I'm receiving a snowstorm of emails and texts from friends of every political bent who are terrified for our future. Here are a few thoughts about the five commonalities shared by people who find reserves of resilience and energy in every season.

Enjoy the moment. Endure the inconvenience. As Tom Hanks wisely repeats in the attached video. This, too, shall pass.

Hudson is faster and stronger at twelve. With a father steeped in the game, basketball has served as a metaphor for many life lessons, not the least of which is the power of an Assist.

We enter the world with a toolbox and time. How we use both determines our legacy.

Everything fades into obscurity. Edifices, trees, street names, are created and endure for a time. Eventually everything changes, is uprooted, and vanishes. In a world focused on what feels important now, keep planting.

We've all seen them – headstones standing tall in silent graveyards. Each one tells a truncated tale, a name, a birth year, a dash, and then… another year. But have you ever truly considered the significance of that dash?

The things we do for our grandkids... in the rain.

Adversity has the power to break us – or transform us. The difference lies not in avoiding hardship, but in how we rise above it.

The best teachers make knowledge accessible. They also fire our desire to learn.

When the famous physicist Albert Einstein lectured at U.S. universities, the recurring question students asked most was, "Do you believe in God?" Who was Einstein's God? And what can we make of that concept today?

“I don’t want you to fix it. I just want to vent and need someone to listen.” Imagine what our would could be like if there were more witnesses and fewer judges?

If you’ve ever had an idea pop into your head while concentrating on something else, you’ve witnessed the subconscious at work. Self-talk is the most powerful tool to program your subconscious mind. So, when you talk to yourself… watch your language.