To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.

If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

Commitments, not feelings, hold life together.

The rich feel full of merit.

Constant talkers are unheard.

At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy.