On this episode, I’m inviting you to slow down with me and think about something I believe we need now more than ever, and that is the power of beauty. Not surface beauty and not decoration, but the kind of beauty that grows out of a life grounded in love. I’ve come to believe that lesser values than love easily devolve into BS, and I’m just not willing to live that way anymore.

We’re living in a moment shaped by division, anger, and a whole lot of finger pointing, and I don’t think rage is going to lead us anywhere worth going. Instead, I want to challenge you to join me in what I’m calling a beauty movement. A movement away from the ugly that’s getting done to death and toward the everyday practice of choosing love again and again.

That means learning to live humanely with each other even when it’s hard. It means forgiving more than feels reasonable. It means resisting the pull to divide the world into us and them. And it may even mean letting ourselves grieve the condition of our times instead of trying to shout our way out of them.

I truly believe the most beautiful thing we can do is love the people we meet today. Be present. Be kind. Let beauty shape your steps and your words and your choices. So let’s get up and go do something beautiful together, because oh baby ugly is getting done to death.