Tag Archives: Future

The Future Infinitive

In the final paragraph of this week’s reading and of the chapter (on SDTS Page 101), there is a surprising paradox presented in such simple language: “As we move through the present toward the future, doing so from within the … Continue reading

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A Good Time to Be Alive

In 1976, I  fled my old life in Montreal like a man escaping a house on fire.  I abandoned job, apartment, friends, and ran for dear life.  That summer in the farm country of Alberta, it was wonderful to discover … Continue reading

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Describe when you felt especially alive

I’ve had different kinds of experiences involving a sense of heightened aliveness. I can distinguish between aliveness associated with ‘adrenaline highs‘ with elements of heightened fear, and also a moment of extraordinary joy after a prolonged period of worry and … Continue reading

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