Tag: Self-awareness

  • 40 Things I Love

    Mostly not things at all. Thanks to Cyndi Rooney for inviting me to compile a list of 40 things I love. Though it was harder than I thought it would be, it stirred a surprising and welcome rush of gratitude, affection, and hope for the world. I’d love to see the 40 Beloved Things of Jack…

  • A rude and wild internal child

    A few years back, it was popular to speak of “re-parenting” oneself; of getting in touch with your “inner child” and working through exercises of forgiveness and self-understanding. I got in touch with my inner child once. I immediately sent her to her room. I’m being deliberately flip to mask a serious subject, because even though I’ve…