Welcome to The Ember Walk, a daily reflection where curiosity meets motion. Each short episode invites you to walk, think, and craft with intention. Join David Dysart as he explores the lessons of The Forge, including heat, patience, rhythm, and care. All through stories and insights from the world of enrollment and beyond. Step into the quiet work of building something that lasts.
You’re walking The Ember Walk. The forge is yours now. Go make something worth the heat.
It was late in the day when the call came in. I was tired, behind on reports, and halfway through drafting an email no one would read. The call came from an unknown number. I almost let it go. Folks who know me understand my enthusiasm for talking on the phone. But I answered.
The student on the other end. Honestly, they weren’t looking for an answer, just a person. They’d been bounced around from office to office, no one quite sure where to send them let alone answer them. I listened for five minutes. I gave them the simplest guidance I could, and they thanked me like I’d rebuilt their entire future.
That call reminded me what our Forge actually builds: trust. Every message, every note, every process exists for a moment like that. The human contact between the machinery.
Today’s spark: answer something you’d normally ignore. The inbox message, the late Slack ping, the phone call you don’t want to take. It’s often the smallest interruption that tests whether your craft is still rooted in care.
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