I’m reading Jack Kornfield’s book on Buddhist psychology, The Wise Heart. It’s come at a good time for me, because I’ve been ignoring physical signs that all is not well. You know when you want something really badly, and you rationalize and theorize about how it’s going to work out and how it’s going to […]
Despair in The Sparrow
I’ve just finished The Sparrow, and I’m a little unnerved by it, to say the least. The despair is so tangible, so grossly real, that I myself have all the same questions the hopeless Emilio expresses in the end. And because I don’t want to ruin the awful ending for any of you who decide […]