Tag: Shame

  • Always Faster, Utter Failure, Rising Now

    Always Faster, Utter Failure, Rising Now

    We raced around the library, lap after lap, avoiding the few students left in the school. The halls were wide, the library in the center of the school forming a big square track for us. My freshman feet pounded the linoleum. Each lap somehow harder and easier than the last. Lap 6. 7. Maybe I can…

  • The Postmodern Condition: Blame Must Be Shared

    The Postmodern Condition: Blame Must Be Shared

    I watched a TED Talk a couple weeks ago that included a simple picture. The speaker began talking about distraction, because the picture, like the one I’ve provided below, demonstrated what he meant about distraction. The original picture was of a Dad at the park and he was playing with his smart phone while the…