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Starting Again

Beginning after the ending.

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The Morning Oracle

The Courage to Be a Beginner

Every worthwhile competence passes through the humiliation of not knowing. The beginner is not behind. The beginner is early, and early is n...

Reflection

The Uses of Disappointment

Disappointment is not proof that you aimed too high. It is proof that you aimed at something real enough to lose. The alternative — never ri...

The Morning Oracle

On Beginnings That Look Small

Large things rarely begin large. They begin looking like they might not work. Do not despise the small, embarrassing start. It is the real t...

Midnight Note

On Being Unfinished

You are not a project that fell behind today. You are a person in progress, which is the only kind there has ever been. Lie down inside that...

Midnight Note

On Endings That Are Not Deaths

Some things ended today that did not deserve a funeral — a season, a role, a version of yourself. Endings are allowed to be quiet, and to be...

Midnight Note

What Tomorrow Is For

Tomorrow is not a threat. It is another honest chance. Leave it unspoiled by tonight's worries. It will ask its own questions when it arrive...

Reflection

What Failure Actually Costs

We imagine failure as a verdict, but it is usually just information with an emotional tax attached. The information is useful; the tax is op...

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