My father was a writer. He wrote all of his life, inflicting upon many of us his novels, plays, articles, essays, and self-help books. Some were marvelous; some merely well-intentioned. But of all the things he wrote, his journal is his legacy: by turns wise and bewildering, it neared 1,100 type-written pages when he died in 2010. Although perused many times, this is the first time it will be read - cover to cover, page after page.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Importance of Saying No
At times -- even (and perhaps especially) when it is hard to do -- you see it is important to say "no," and in the saying you will be different. It might be easier to offer instead one more "yes," but it would be unfaithful, and so growing up -- and maybe away -- continues.
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