Everybody is amazing and our bare existence hides millions of possibilities inside. Among others that’s why it’s not advisable to put the advocacy of our interests in the hand of someone else. Nobody will ever talk so excellently and trustworthily on behalf of us as we would do. I’m still surprised even today that those problems, which I was trying to solve with great difficulties from the ‘distance’, were so easily and creatively sorted out after a face-to-face meeting. Your personal aura, appearance, personal persuasive power can add a lot to it, it’s worth using the possibility!
When All Seems Lost — and Even When It Doesn’t… As a writer, I read more than average. Not necessarily books that fall within my immediate interests, but rather those I can learn from, marvel at, analyze word by word, and sometimes even those that demand more effort from me than usual. That is how it is with Alice Munro. I bought my first book by her when she received the Nobel Prize. Then life happened, and the volume sat on my bookshelf—either I had no time for it, or it lingered somewhere at the bottom of my list of priorities. When I finally picked it up, I could hardly believe my eyes—or my reaction. First, I was utterly outraged; my blood pressure shot through the roof in an instant, and I almost started swearing in disbelief. I had barely skimmed the first few lines, yet that was enough to know: it was perfect. A true masterpiece. Excellence among the excellent. Every word reached the deepest layers of my soul. I was touched by its purity, its delicacy, the noblest simpli...
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