Tonight I attended a party hosted by Stuart and Amy Chittenden and Jordan Delmundo to share and support the work of the fantastic team at Nebraska Appleseed, an organization that fights for justice and opportunity for all Nebraskans. One person in the crowd asked Executive Director Becky Gould about what she had learned in her fifteen years at Nebraska Appleseed, and I loved her answer: "I've learned that it's a win just to have the conversation. It's a win to support people who don't feel supported. It's a win to change the way people were thinking before." Becky shared an important lesson in how we define wins and how we define success, and how important it is to pick yourself up when something happens that you don't define as success. As Becky said, "We're in the struggle, and there are a lot of people who came before us, and there are a lot of people who will pick up the torch and carry it on after we are gone and continue to work for social justice." Don't think in terms of election cycles. Think in terms of today, tomorrow, and how your choices now affect the generations to come. 

Thanks to Caroline Hinrichs for the photo.