Two of the best years of my life were spent at the Indiana Academy, which is a public residential high school for juniors and seniors (at Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana). I wrote a brief personal essay about … Continue reading
“Compassion is the chief law of human existence.” —Dostoyevksy Everyone has a breaking point, or a point of no return, even if they say they don’t. For example, your partner says, “I’ll always love you.” They certainly think they do … Continue reading
From Solitude by Anthony Storr: Many fortunate people do make intimate relationships which continue until death, and which constitute their major source of happiness. But even the closest relationship is bound to have flaws and disadvantages, and it is often because … Continue reading
From Solitude by Anthony Storr: Human beings need a sense of being part of a larger community than that constituted by the family. The modern assumption that intimate relationships are essential to personal fulfillment tends to make us neglect the … Continue reading
One of the classes I’m teaching at CCM requires me to study up on the history and practice of public relations. I’m not exactly a stranger to the profession. I worked for a major media company that has always employed … Continue reading
In the same way countries have anthems, my life has an anthem. I discovered it my junior year at the Indiana Academy, where I lived 4 hours away from home at the age of fifteen. I’d never been more happy. It’s … Continue reading
“People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.” —Marina Abramovic I was deeply touched by a story about Marina Abramovic in this issue of The New Yorker. She and her partner are … Continue reading
When reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Committed, this passage in particular stood out as something I had never before contemplated or realized: The person whom you choose to marry is perhaps the single most vivid representation of your personality. … There is … Continue reading