A great deal of life will always suck. There will be moments when we’re riding high and moments when we can’t bear to get out of bed. Both are normal. Both in fact require a little perspective.

Another beauty of endurance is that it is happening at all times. It is everywhere we look. To see someone, anyone, in this world is to witness someone engaged in a feat of endurance. That’s what struck me, each time I went out to Queens. How ordinary it felt to be there. How un-crazy the whole thing was. One tragedy of living in this world is the

Sometimes, the strongest thing in the world is to walk lightly when everyone is asking you to dig your heels into the ground and resist forward motion, to disregard the little things that light you up and make you feel something in favor of something more serious, more grave. Sometimes, the strongest thing in the world is to maintain your hope, you