There are times in life when no amount of extra effort will change the outcome. You can throw more money at the problem, but it persists. You can learn more about the solutions, but it continues to resurface. You can double down on your time and effort, and when you finally come up for air, you discover nothing has changed.
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On Exerting Effort And Blobs of Clay
I looked around the ceramics studio where I was taking a beginning, wheel-throwing class. Eight pottery wheels were arranged in a semi-circle, whirring and spinning a sort of white-noise soundtrack.
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On Lost Time And Gratitude
Parenting has been a roller coaster ride. It has revealed my insecurities, vulnerabilities, and dysfunctional story lines. It has torn off the shrouds that protected me and laid out all my bits and pieces for everyone to see.