keith + will

i am too judgmental and i think these days that is not a good quality. certainly not endearing and i'd like to work on it. i meet people and i make assumptions, categorizations. i am good at reading people so sometimes i just generalize them. why not? well, i think i'm realizing. sometimes you have to be proven wrong to see the profound lack of insight in your ways.

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two of my favorite people at lbj. i think i expressed that well enough today - and you're so different, so interesting and so, so different. the fact is i didn't know either of you very well but i'm learning.

there is something about the profound misjudgment of someone that teaches you a lesson. there is something about that old saying that you will find something as soon as you really stop looking for it and you will find it right in front of you, too.

there is something about all this that i didn't expect, something deep and profound and meaningful. and though i am so productive, so driven, so utterly good at solo operation, blazing trails, leading the vanguard - though i am all these things and more, i realize that i may be able to be a better person, to do more, to see things differently and accomplish all that i dream of through teamwork. the kind of teamwork that you have to stumble upon, the kind of teamwork that drives you to places you wouldn't have gone otherwise.

the best part is there's no pretending, no need to pretend. the best part is i'm just me. and that's enough.

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it has been a good week - unexpected, different, great. as always i am thankful for your thoughts and wishes. i hope i can give you that sentiment in person some day.

shot was taken at my favorite austin haunt: epoch coffee.