When hanging out with friends, I’ve started to wonder (surreptitiously) if they’d be good part-time surrogate parents. You start thinking these things as you project into the future, imagining your child as a future teenager who may not want to confide in you. You hope that, at that time, you’ll be able to encourage her […]
Long Nights
Have you seen the movie Into the Wild? It’s a film with more questions than answers, but that’s why it’s great. Here is one of the songs from the film, sung by none other than Eddie Vedder. I relate, especially, to the fourth paragraph. Have no fear For when I’m alone I’ll be better off […]
It’s Really All About God
“I signed up for a movement that was standing still, with explorers who had already arrived, and for a revolution that had given up.” So says Samir Selmanovic in his book It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian. The worst part: he’s talking about Christianity. Here’s a book after my […]
Rilke Poem For Today
Du, Nachbar Gott, wenn ich dich manchesmal You, God, who live next door– If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking– this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom. I know you’re all alone in that room. If you should be thirsty, there’s no one to get you […]
The Why of What You Do
Turns out, lots of businesses can tell you what they’re selling and how their product works, but that alone doesn’t make you want to buy. If they can somehow explain the why to you, they might be successful. This talk by Simon Sinek is about the golden circle–thinking from the inside out. [You start with […]