One of those random thoughts entered my head a day or two ago: I am vigilant. I've been pondering that ever since. I am vigilant—and I think that's a problem. It's one thing to be aware. Awareness enables us to see things, to learn things, to understand things. In this way, awareness helps us to [...]
Tag: coping
Sometimes, Things Make Sense
Sometimes, insights come from unexpected places. Yesterday, I had the chance to read an article by Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point), first published in 1998, about Judith Rich Harris and her theories about child development. (The article can be found here on Gladwell's web site.) The gist of the article, and Harris' theory, is [...]
“We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us…”
About three months ago, I wrote a story—a short story—about a childhood episode ("the Nikki incident", I sometimes call it) that ended up having enormous influence on my life. Emerging from a period in which I got divorced, moved into a place of my own for the first time in a decade, and began re-thinking [...]
