I don’t know Who - or what - put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone - or Something - and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that...

On Quitting My Dream Job I thought I knew myself when I quit my dream job — the job that had been my answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” for many years. I laid on the couch eating ramen and cereal for a f...

Questions. September 1st. Raíner María Rilke. “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the ...

Curiosity. Pianos. Dani Shapiro. “When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of their lives-and focus on the world around them. They are motivated by the desire to explor...