To Write Big, Start Small
Learn the art of weaving description and your reader will never leave. It’s better to make the reader do the work than it is to hand them the finished puzzle....
Become a Self-Directed Learner
If we wait for someone else to manage our lives we’re always going to be falling short of our aspirations Learning good habits — habits that work for our own lives — is key, but so is how we approach the situation; how we look at the work ahead of us is just as important as how carefully we take no...
The Importance of Being Vulnerable
When you ask someone what it means to be vulnerable they oftentimes start talking about it as a synonym for weakness....
The Rose Within: A Personal Reflection on "The Little Prince"
"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery Love, and compassion - which is really just a particularly important form of love - are concepts within The Little Prince - and we adults would do well to pay attention....
Fickleness, yet Passion
There is a line of thinking that suggests that attachment and passion are anathema — a bane — to a healthy and productive life. If we give…...
Simply Complex: This World is It.
A simple system is one where the parts are fully predictable: the lock on your front door, for instance, is a simple system. You insert…...
Homeostasis: A Musing
“[Homeostasis is] the fundamental property of life that governs everything that living cells do, whether they’re living cells alone, or…...
One World, One People: Ruminating on Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry (born 1934) is an intellectual writer, philosopher, conservationist, activist, Christian, and small-farm advocate. A devout…...