How to Stop Struggling with Yourself
Consider this possibility: What if you woke up one morning, and your left elbow let you know that it was leaving, that it was tired of doing the elbow thing, that it wanted to visit Dubuque or Lima, Peru?
What kind of day do you think you’d have?
Oh, sure, Elbow would be convincing. She would tell [...]
Take a Quantum Leap into Present Time
Imagine a goose. Yes, a goose. Maybe a big fluffy white one. Or if you prefer a pink one, or one with parrot colors. Go ahead and get creative. It’s your goose.
Got it? Good.
Now imagine your goose sitting in a bottle that’s got a big wide bowl (big enough for your goose to be comfortable). [...]
How to Tell the Simple Truth
So what is the truth anyway?
For a long time I was pretty sure that truth was what you got when you confessed to having done something bad. Kind of a George-Washington-I-cannot-tell-a-lie sort of thing.
Later, due to the discomfort of the consequences that came along with confession, I got smarter and switched to a variation that [...]