Let’s be honest. We’ve all been subjected to the relentless tyranny of the word “fearless.” We see it plastered on motivational posters next to pictures of impossibly tanned people bungee jumping off cliffs with a single, blindingly white tooth showing. “Be fearless!” they scream. Meanwhile, you’re sitting there, heart doing the samba in your chest,…
Let’s face it, we all dream of the montage scene in the movie: the triumphant finish, the stunning sunset wedding, the perfectly ripe avocado toast. Life, however, is less La La Land and more The Blob—sometimes messy, occasionally smelly, and often requiring a Herculean effort just to move forward. Enter Jodi Picoult’s brilliant, slightly unsettling…
Let’s be honest, life sometimes feels like a giant, metaphorical sewer. We’re all wading through the same muck, dodging the existential banana peels and the occasional rogue pigeon. But then, there’s Oscar Wilde, bless his witty soul, dropping a quote so profound it makes you choke on your own philosophical indigestion: “We are all in…
Toni Morrison, the literary titan whose words could make the mundane feel mythic, dropped this gem in her magnificent novel, Song of Solomon: “It is easy to be a symbol; it is hard to be a person.”[1] Now, on the surface, this sounds like profound wisdom. But let’s be honest, in the eternal hustle of…
Ever look at those super-achievers, the ones who seem to launch themselves from zero to hero overnight, and feel a little… deflated about your own progress? You know, the ones who claim they started a multi-million dollar business between making toast and brushing their teeth? Well, take a deep breath, grab a cup of coffee…