The Passion Diaries 

  I have been struggling to choose a topic for my first entry. It is apparent (to me), that the first public entry poses the biggest challenge, because I feel that the first has to be everything at once. I’m paralyzed by the daunting, unapologetic weight of first impressions. “It has to be an attention grabber, a spark of brilliance, a delegate for my cognitive committ...

To speak of "purpose" is to perceive its absence. To pursue "purpose" is to both acknowledge its absence and believe in the possibility of its presence. The concept itself (purpose) develops out of a palpable lack within the individual—an insufferable inte...