A Fine Balance
I have always wanted to believe in a generous God. But I am also afraid.
I have always wanted to believe in a generous God. But I am also afraid.
When every thought you had about anything has already been espoused by someone more eloquent and witty than you, universal boredom seems like the inevitable end of human experience.
I guess I’ve reached the point of news media consumption at which I expect the phrase “juicy secrets of stars” to concern some vapid, nosy meddling in some stranger’s affairs—my science communication background and research focus notwithstanding.
The trap I placed committed a horrible violence on such a precious creature.
It’s not like me eating a sandwich instead of pasta on July 11, 2011, is going to diverge my entire timeline.
To put it simply, I don’t know how to dress anymore.
The prejudices of this world are irrationally essential to your make-believe one.
In between is an uncomfortable space that is more often “neither/nor” than “both/and.”
How do you narrate to yourself how you have changed?
I’ve been discovering different versions of myself lately as the medicine, or lack thereof, messes with my head.