“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” - Malcolm Gladwell

Reflecting on the absence of my father, I offer some thoughts on the need for parental involvement and affirmation.

Based off of Matthew 7:24-27, who and/or what does our foundation for life look like? In what ways are we being hearers and doers of the Word?

Today is the day to put in work. Not tomorrow, not next week- today.

How are you learning from yesterday and getting better today?

As this journal comes to a close, I only thought it’d be appropriate to share an entry written shortly after graduating from Georgetown College. Dating back to May 16th, 2013, I took a good, hard look at myself and what I wanted to cultivate within my community.

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Today’s entry, dating back to Christmas 2012, revisits this reoccurring thought of relationship-obsessed Marcus.

Given that this will be the last Inward/Outward segment for the year, what are those things that you're looking ahead to? What can you in the meantime right here, right now toward said things?