We’ve Got to Believe We are Magic

We’ve Got to Believe We are Magic

When I hear the word, “magic,” I think about someone shuffling a deck of 52 cards and randomly pulling out the one I chose. I think about a woman in a fancy costume, mesh tights and high heels, lying calmly inside a box, smiling, while someone is apparently sawing...
No Decision is A Decision

No Decision is A Decision

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.                                       – – – Albert Einstein I was sixteen when I was accepted into a professional ballet company. I’d started training when I was eight and I’d grown up in a ballet...
Big Surprise

Big Surprise

Your mind can be a powerful and splendid ally. It can be a motivator, a planner and a supreme puzzle solver. But it’s not necessarily your friend. I was in the grocery store the other day and I passed the ice cream section. I saw boxes of chocolate ice cream bars...
Hope Is Where the Heart Is

Hope Is Where the Heart Is

Hope is a choice. That’s how I seeit. Viktor Frankl, neurologist, psychologist, and famously a concentration camp survivor, said, “Let us not fall prey to what we fear, but rather live into the direction of hope.” He attributes this sentiment to his method of...