Archive for February, 2009

The novel was finished

The answer was, “Yes, as long as the forty-four-year-old gave it his best shot.” And I then said, “OK, next question. Same vantage point, same younger guy. Let’s assume the forty-four-yearold knew what he wanted to do, had identified it, but decided that the risk for social failure and economic failure was just too great…

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High Quality Rugs for your House

Decorating house is a very fun thing to do. It will make you feeling more comfortable in your house even if you have a very annoying wife and children. It also makes you proud to show your house to your relatives and business partners since a house may show them how success you are. Indeed,…

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It is hard to say when I started wanting to write

It is hard to say when I started wanting to write. Many years ago, on vacation, I fooled around with writing a novel, but I never intended to publish it. I never gave it another thought. Writing is something you’re encouraged to perfect in the foreign service, and I had a natural aptitude. So when…

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John’s Story

John Alexander, a forty-four-year-old British investment banker, decided to put aside his skepticism when a friend urged him to go see an astrologer. He expected a generic prognosis. To his surprise, the first thing she said to him was, “I’m glad I haven’t been you for the last two or three years. You have been…

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Chapter 7: Making Sense

In the middle of confusion, many of us hope for one event that will clarify everything, that will transform our stumbling moves into a story that makes sense. Julio Gonzales, a doctor trying to leave the practice of medicine, put it like this: “I was waiting for an epiphany. I wake up in the middle…

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