My husband recently forwarded the essay “10 Rules of Writing” by Amitava Kumar that is too good not to share: “If you have read this essay so far, you are probably a writer. That is what you should write in the blank space where you are asked to identify your occupation. I say this also …
I cannot express how happy, inspired, awed, and grateful Hamilton makes me, even/especially on dark days, and will never apologize for the power of stories and art, whether considered classic or pop culture, to turn the world upside down.
So many introverted children try to be like the extroverts around them in an attempt to fit in or stand out. While mastering some extroverted skills can be valuable (and vice versa for extroverts), introverts both young and old often do so at the expense of self-knowledge and self-worth.
To walk a mile in another’s shoes can require being open to the possibility that we may have no idea what those shoes look or feel like. Duane Syndrome has, I hope, made me more compassionate with myself and others.
This post is part of the April A to Z Blog Challenge. For more on my 2016 theme of Private Revolution, see A Is for Ambition. Click here to read all posts in the Private Revolution A to Z Challenge blog series.