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  1. Vanity is looking in the mirror and seeing everything but what’s actually there. 2. Those who think life would be better without stormy days have to explain why human beings seem inescapably drawn to making it rain. 3. Music and play are probably the two most universal of languages. 4. Existence and every […]

Sometimes others are able to give voice to your heart and soul better than you are. But they don’t always know when they’re doing it. If you tell people what you think then they’ll engage with you and tell you what they think. If you remain concealed in mystery and inscrutable, you will find the […]

      The legacy of our history is determined by the content and the quality of the stories we tell. It’s human nature to attribute greater significance to the performance than to the rehearsal, though it is the rehearsal that determines the significance of the performance. When we mistake our theory for reality then […]

In many ways winter is more interesting than spring. The opportunity to do a mitzvah doesn’t in any way correlate to your interest or readiness to do it. Fruit salad is inherently more exciting than fruit itself. And yet without fruit, fruit salad is a complete and utter absurdity. All human beings understand the idea […]

Not really connected to Easter, but written down on Easter none-the-less.   Villains are fascinating. Good friends are the greatest comfort there is. We don’t need and can’t always expect answers, but a response is nice. The beginning, middle, and end of life, and every moment in between is infused with an undeniable and pervasive […]