A poignant note-to-self that I needed to share: Of all life's lessons, the greatest lesson a woman should learn is that she is enough. It's hard, learning to love and trust yourself. But it can be done. You are enough—more than enough. And so am I. . . . What's the greatest lesson a ... Read More
Appetite and Acquisition
"I had always known that life was not appetite and acquisition. In my earnest, angry, good-girl way I pursued 'meaning.'" —Vivian Gornick, "Approaching Eye Level" . . . xx ... Read More
On Self-Respect: Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay From the Pages of Vogue
"Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginnings of real self-respect. Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most ... Read More