Inadequate Assessments

       I talked with a paralyzed man covered in grime the other day as he smoked a cigarette and collected aluminum cans from his wheelchair. I was surprised by the tenacity in him, the fire burning through his eyes though he could barely speak and barely lift the...

Weakness

        What is the value of weakness? Why is it such a prevalent part of our existence? Why do we have to struggle so much? Some would say there is no reason, that weakness is just a genetic lottery or byproduct of social circumstances. I don’t think that...

Shifting Sands

       “I live my truth.” That’s a phrase I hadn’t heard much through most of my life. Now it’s a familiar refrain, part of a modern storm of redefinition, an obsession to erase and replace old meanings, old beliefs, beliefs now disparaged as if they...