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What I hadn’t anticipated was the sudden, powerful encounters with people—especially lonely people who looked like they hadn’t connected with anyone in ages. I was amazed by the intimate moments of prolonged eye contact happening on the busy city sidewalk as traffic whizzed by, as sirens blared, as street vendors hawked their wares and activists thrust flyers at every passerby, as bedraggled transients tried to sell the local homeless community newspaper to rushing commuters…where more than a second or two of a direct, silent gaze between strangers is usually verboten. My eyes would say: Thank you. I see you. And their eyes would say: Nobody ever sees me. Thank you.
The Art of Asking
Amanda Palmer and Brené Brown
fifty-pound weight vest. SEAL hands it to me. “Put it on.” I grab it and put one arm in at a time. I throw the vest over my shoulders and strap it on. My immediate reaction is This is heavy. Like really heavy. It’s like having a big suitcase on your back. We do fifteen sets of ten push-ups, with thirty seconds of rest between sets. Total: 150. It takes me twenty-two minutes. It takes SEAL fifteen minutes.
Living With a SEAL
Jesse Itzler
One is to pass on, as much as you’re willing to tell, the facts and deeds of your life to those who might be at all interested. The other function is to discover a truth about yourself that you never had either the time or the courage to face before. You will never investigate yourself as vehemently as you do when you put one word after another, one thought after another, one revelation after another, in the
The Play Goes On
Neil Simon
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