On Paying Attention - Warren Zevon
A dying man sat across from David Letterman and said enjoy every sandwich. The most important advice about life came wrapped in the most ordinary thing.
On Second Blooming - Agatha Christie.
Agatha Christie discovered a whole new life after seventy. So did Darwin, Mandela, and Grandma Moses. A story about the blooming that comes after everything else.
On Adaptation: Viktor Frankl
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." — A story about Viktor Frankl and the quiet decision to adapt rather than collapse.
On Endurance - Frida Kahlo.
"Frida Kahlo was eighteen when everything changed. This week's sentence — on endurance — and the story of how she carried what most of us couldn't imagine."