"I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games, missed the game-winning shot 26 times. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan, professional basketball player
What’s…
“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
I’m sad, jittery, unsettled. It’s post 9/11 all over again.
I feel uneasy on the…
“The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is not quite womanly.”
– Oscar Wilde
Nothing will suck your spirit dry more than a “should.” Shoulds are the…
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“If we wish to know about a man, we ask 'what is his story--his real, inmost story?'--for each of us is a biography, a story." – Oliver Sacks
An old friend and I recently reunited. During our first brunch together after a few years…
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“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
–Gloria Steinem
There’s a new kid in town and his name is The Feminist Male. I am in love with this Man.
He is in his twenties and early…
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“Pace yourself. Nurture yourself. Energy out requires energy in. Surround yourself with positive energy people and laugh a LOT. And please don't stop doing what you're doing for the world.”
This is what I wrote to a friend who said he…
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I felt angry at having been thrown under the bus by a client, and I felt compassion for her because she thought that this path was her only choice.
The example above is real, but at the time it happened, I was so filled with fury that I couldn’t…
Billy was Patrick to my Pegeen Ryan in the Camp Emerson performance of Mame.
Billy was my college sweetheart when we met again in art school.
Billy was my facebook friend years later.
Billy died last week at age 47 after being hit by a car.…
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I disappoint people all the time.
“I have 5 minutes to talk and then I need to work/sleep/brush teeth/feed my child/pick up my child from school/drop off my child at school/food shop/run errands/shower/read to my child/draw with my child/give…
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I’ve been doing my very first detox. It’s not a juice fast or an all grapefruit anything. It’s a 21-day cleanse and wow has it been a learning experience.
I did it because I had been feeling sluggish for months and my nutritionist…
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