Think stuff

There’s something about pulling a letter from its envelope, the anticipation in what words will be held on the page. In many ways, I think it matters less what’s actually written—the act of writing the letter, of receiving it in the mail is enough.

“Perfection is impossible. In the 1526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. Now, I have a question for you.

What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches? Only 54%.

In other words, even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play. When you lose every second point on... See more

Anyway, the best summary of all of this​​, and how it seems like it will manifest itself in the real world, is from comedian Anthony Jeselnik:

All these comics now, it's almost like the point is to get in trouble. It's like, "Why are you giving me shit? I'm a comic, I'm allowed to say whatever I want." That's wrong, as far as I'm concerned. People

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Presence will keep us from falling into painful chaos, or creating it for others. It will expand our strength and courage to face difficulties, and prevent it getting worse. We can rise strong in presence. We will have capacity to hold ourselves together, to find a way through.