Last night I finally went to see Project Hail Mary. I read the book last year in just a few days and couldn’t wait for the movie once I heard one was coming out. I figured I’d go to a late show by myself since Roman would be hanging out at the hotel with his teammates, and I’d just be up in my room by myself—I might as well be by myself at the movies seeing a movie I know none of my family would enjoy. A quick side note: a younger version of my Self would have never imagined going to the...

Letting go of the things we can’t control was the theme of my meditation yesterday. This morning, after Roman’s first AAU game, I asked him how he felt about his game. He said he was happy with his defense and energy, which I’ll agree were both good, but that he wished he had made a couple of the threes he missed—he’s been shooting this AAU season very efficiently, so he hasn’t missed much. “I’m going to make my threes in the next game.” I told him that’s the wrong focus. He can’t control...

“To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode, the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it—who are you? It constantly projects itself into the future to ensure its continued survival and to seek some kind of release or fulfillment there… Even when the ego seems to be concerned with the present, it is not the...