Two monks were walking along the road. They had taken a daylight vow of silence and a continuous vow of chastity that prevented them from even touching a woman. About midday, they reached a muddy river and there, gazing out across the river was a woman in her finest clothing and best shoes. The elder …
Sometimes when I sit down to write, I don’t know what to write. Just start writing, I tell myself. Just write that you don’t know what to write and take it from there. Eventually something comes to me, and I’m off to the races. Sometimes I lie in bed, thinking that I should get up. …
So much of the time in our lives we are struggling for balance. Do we work late or early to try to catch up because otherwise we feel pursued at work? Do we start our morning with exercise or with writing? Do we spend time with friends or with family? So many decisions. A manager …
There have been times in my life when I have felt fear. Fear of loss, when I was unable to reach my mother when she was abroad in late 2001. Fear of embarrassment, when I was placed in situations where I didn’t know anyone and was asked to pretend to be someone that I didn’t …
About a million years ago, when I was 17, I auditioned for a local university’s summer stock production of South Pacific in my hometown. I really wanted to be in this production because I had moved to New York, was studying there to be an actor, and planned a career in acting. When you move …
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