Writing

An idea doesn’t have to become an essay right away. Write one sentence first. Give it somewhere to land. When you return a few months later, you may find that it has quietly grown into something else.

I went for a walk today without listening to anything. On the same familiar street, I noticed for the first time that the tree on the corner had changed color. Sometimes an empty moment isn’t a lack of input. It is finally having room to see.

Instead of asking, “How much did I learn today?” I would rather ask, “Did anything change my mind, even a little?”

I’ll leave the question here and come back to it later. It also brings me back to giving a question some time.

When you reread a book, what feels new may not be the sentences. It may be the person you have become.

A small thing done regularly leaves more of a trace than a big thing done once in a while. Two lines a day count, too.