The best advice I ever got was on the golf course. Even by the most liberal standards my game was terrible – I had all the sports acumen of an awkward Jewish kid from the Valley whose mom made him play catcher because at least he’d have to wear a mask. Still broke my glasses…

ABSENCE AND PRESENCE. We see them as being different. Absence cannot be presence, so therefore presence cannot be absence. It’s immutable fact. Not exactly. You can be there and also not there. Present while absent. I know this to be true because I’ve seen it. In fact I saw it recently, on a sun-drenched hill…

YOU ARE ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF. You have two choices: stay where you are, or move ahead. Most of us would pick the former, or better yet go back to solid ground. To stand still. And wait. Maybe your calling will find you there. Maybe your dreams will come for you, ready to…

There’s that scene in Good Will Hunting, you know the one. Not the iconic “how do you like them apples” moment outside the bar, but one just as memorable if not more impactful. Sean, the psychologist played by Robin Williams, tells Matt Damon’s eponymous Will Hunting character about the abuse he suffered as a child.…

Back when I was (much) younger, in the days when forever had no end, I never thought about these moments. The world, as they say, just keeps spinning. And even if it didn’t, do you know what would happen? We wouldn’t fly off into space. We wouldn’t die. The world would go on but with…

I often wake up in the middle of the night, thirsty. No, not thirsty – parched to the edge of delirium. So desperate for water I can’t think beyond taking a single precious sip, imagining it may be my last. This ritual is a psychosomatic reminder of the worst night of my life almost 31…

“What is real? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” Morpheus (and Immanuel Kant for that matter) didn’t need the Apple Vision Pro to change their views about the…

I’ve never dwelled on the notion of success. It’s far too subjective, too egotistical, too personal, and often too random. For some, winning awards or making a lot of money or being promoted is success; for others it’s getting out of bed and taking a shower. For me, success exists somewhere between ‘didn’t get fired…