If the opera bores you, do not go to the Metropolitan just because it is fashionable to do so. If, on the other hand, you think “I do not like opera because my musical taste is undeveloped, but nevertheless I […]
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Too Smart Means Trouble
You can’t be too dumb to recover but it’s easy to be too smart. Dumb, insecure, convinced you’re without hope, that you’re a loser, is the perfect frame of reference to listen, to follow the suggestions as though they were […]
Continue reading »Passive or Bold?
Boldness is the opposite of passivity. To be bold means to choose our destination, to set our own course, and to be brave enough to correct that course if we decide it’s not taking us where we want to go. […]
Continue reading »I Looked in the Mirror
But I also saw a woman who can barely look herself in the eyes, a woman who’d rather examine the dip at her waist than her own expression. I saw a woman who doesn’t trust herself. I saw a woman […]
Continue reading »Do Not Deprive Yourself
Only you can deprive yourself of anything. Do not oppose this realization, for it is truly the beginning of the dawn of light. Remember also that the denial of this simple fact takes many forms, and these you must learn […]
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