Rejected

Rejected. For over a decade rejected. I'm not talking about my upcoming book. I'm talking about being rejected by girls that I liked. I barely spoke to them, knowing they wouldn't like me back. But I never gave up. Even though I didn't know what I wa...

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Sep 24, 2020
Everyone

Everyone. Everyone around the globe. Is everyone around the dinner table. Is everyone around your neighborhood. Is everyone with a heart beating fiercely. Is everyone with lungs taking cleansing breaths. Is everyone with guts predicting the end of th...

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Sep 23, 2020

One thing. See if you can. See if you can find just one thing. One thing that connects you to them. Yes, even them. One thing that fosters friendship. That cultivates compassion. That portends powerful partnership. That makes you both better. Now tha...

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Sep 22, 2020

The socially distant Zoom social hour. The connection is the hardest part. Not your waiting. Not your ego. Not your questions. Not your considerations. Not your accumulated minutes. Not your responses. Not your information. You can't stop true connec...

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Sep 21, 2020
Okay, Fine

A source of energy. A source of inspiration. A source of joy. A source of knowledge. A source of strength. A source of truth. You are. No, you are. No, you. Okay, fine.

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Sep 20, 2020
Breakdance

I used to breakdance. Whenever I heard a great 'breaking song.' If someone asked me to breakdance. And I wanted them to like me. I would be spinning on the floor within seconds. Donning obligatory maroon adidas sweat suit. When I was 13 years old, br...

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Sep 19, 2020
That Possibility

You used to love something. It's not good or bad that you loved it. You simply loved it. You really really loved it. Nobody told you to love it. There won’t be a better time to love it again. It's finally time. To love your life. Like your life depen...

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Sep 18, 2020
No Know

You know. You know what? You know me. You don't know. You don't know what? You don't know me. You know? You know. You know what? You know yourself. You don't know. You don't know what? You don't know yourself. You know? That's a no know.

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Sep 17, 2020
Meaningless

      I speak an average of 7,000 words a day. I've been speaking for 17,520 days. That's 122,640,000 words. Every single word. Every single one. Meaningless.

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Sep 16, 2020
The Thing That Happens

The thing that happens. Is the thing that happens. What I do with it. Is not what happens. The thing that happens. Hangs inside my soul. The thing that happens. Is the thing that happens there. The thing that happens there. Is love. Love the thing th...

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Sep 15, 2020