Allow your judgements their own silent, undisturbed development, which, like all progress, must come from deep within and cannot be forced or hastened. Everything is gestation and then birthing. To let each impression…
A whole world will envelop you, the happiness, the abundance, the inconceivable vastness of a world. Live for a while in these books, learn from them what you feel is…
No one can advise or help you--no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether…
Let Everything Happen by Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we…
A thousand years ago, where were you? A thousand years to come, where would you be? Now, where are you? Answers to these questions generate a fourth question: Are the…
Another year takes its final bow. . . On current events I supported France because the team was black enough for me. Mbappé! In my greed, I’m reading too many…
Happiness is the popular bug, no? Everyone wants to catch it. But even the happiest human would eventually suffer bursts of sadness. So two questions: What is sadness and what…
I am beginning to appreciate that humility is one of the coolest practices one ought to bother with. Especially if one’s interested in simple living: as little drama as possible;…