Does it ever bring you joy? When you think of what you need. And consider that life is simple: I have what I need. Most of us have more, with closets overflowing and things crammed in drawers. I live in a box within a house—a room. Which currently has a single piece of furniture, which…

Have courage and be kind. In a beautifully succinct way, Cinderella has delivered timeless advice. To your past, present, and future self: “Have courage and be kind.”

An unspoken possibility. A new weight If drawn into the light would the shadow it casts lose its terror?

Ludwig was a Jew who fled to the United States during World War II. He was also an economist, a professor, and a husband. Passing away before his wife, his widow Margit quoted a passage that he had written about a friend to describe her husband’s personality: “His most eminent qualities were his inflexible honesty,…

A woman who faced hardship and turned it into something beautiful. From losing her dad at 8 months to her mom to a mental institution at age 5, these were just a few of the losses she experience in her life. She shares her experience with loss in one of the most iconic english villanelles,…