Personal Development
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The Lineage of Atlas
Photo by Olga Iacovlenco on Unsplash The war was already over when they brought Atlas before Zeus. There was little ceremony left in it. Ceremony belongs to uncertainty: to trials… Read more.
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The Instruction of Trees
Photo by Cassiano K. Wehr on Unsplash The first sword I ever trained with seriously was a katana. Not, perhaps, in the exact lineage someone might imagine from that sentence.… Read more.
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A Protocol for Disengagement
Photo by Souvent Su on Unsplash I have noticed that there is a point at which I become quiet. It is not usually the first point of disagreement, and it… Read more.
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Outrunning the Shadow
Photo by Martino Pietropoli on Unsplash The first thing you learn is how to stand, and that alone is harder than it sounds. Your feet sit at an angle you… Read more.
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Which One Yields
Photo by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash Author’s Note Last September I wrote down eight virtues and called it a return to form. I have been reading it again this week,… Read more.
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The Thread
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash I have known many smokers who were constantly under financial stress. I have rarely seen one of them without a cigarette. And, for… Read more.
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The Gap Between Desire and Appreciation
Photo by zero take on Unsplash There is a particular way you reverse a Lamborghini Countach. You open the door, sit up onto the sill, and look backward over the… Read more.
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Only Ink
Photo by The Cleveland Museum of Art on Unsplash Consider a drawer of maps, all of them describing the same county. The first shows roads: highways in red, gravel in… Read more.
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After the Introduction
Photo by EJ Yao on Unsplash Husband. Son. Veteran. Southerner. Stoic, at least in influence. Taoist, though not in any way that fits neatly on a form. A technologist, self-taught,… Read more.
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Already Decided
Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash It begins with someone who has not done anything wrong, not exactly. An analyst opens a session and runs a query. It is not malicious.… Read more.
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The Word We Use for People Who Will Not Move
Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash Someone, somewhere, is being called a monster right now. Though not in a courtroom, or a history book. Right now, the label is applied… Read more.
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The Reaction Is a Draft
Photo by Thomas Grams on Unsplash I’ve been told, more than once, that I talk about how a thing works before I talk about how it feels. The observation isn’t… Read more.
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The Same Kind of Rock
Photo by David Billings on Unsplash Author’s Note I have spent the last several weeks writing toward loss, and I needed this week to point somewhere else. Not away from… Read more.
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The Path He Chose
Photo by Callum on Unsplash Author’s Note This is the third piece I have written about my father since he died. The first was the memorial. It was testimony; an… Read more.
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What He Gave Me
Photo by Yannick Pulver on Unsplash This is the second post. The first was the memorial; the public acknowledgment that he was gone. This one is different. This is what… Read more.
