Despair — Editor's Blog

The Kind Rejection

People can be very convincing when they’re telling you how lousy they actually are.

William KenowerJanuary 16, 2023Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Friends, Despair, RejectionComment

The Discipline of Waiting

I waited as I often do at the page when nothing good is coming.

William KenowerAugust 29, 2022Writing, Thinking, William Kenower, Despair, Hoope, HopeComment

Triggered

My response was so immediate and intense it was as if a trigger had been pulled in me.

William KenowerJuly 13, 2022Writing, Stories, William Kenower, Despair Comments

All is Well

It’s the pain of doubting that tells me I needn’t doubt.

William KenowerMay 4, 2022Writing, William Kenower, Hope, Despair, TrustComment

Worth Sharing

It’s the dreary business of staying alive that can gum-up the creative life.

William KenowerSeptember 28, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Despair, MoneyComment

Just What I Wanted

Secretly, I realized, this is what I’d always wanted: just to hear how sorry someone was for me.

William KenowerSeptember 23, 2020Writing, Complaint, William Kenower, Despair, Rejection Comments

Knowing Where to Look

Here’s the thing about The Pit: there’s nothing there.

William KenowerSeptember 14, 2020Writing, William Kenower, Despair, Rejection, News Comments

Powerful Choices

Once you see something as a choice, it’s power over you dissolves.

William KenowerNovember 13, 2019William Kenower, Writing, Despair, Fear, Choice, SpirituualityComment

The Hole

The only way to get out of The Hole is by doing nothing.

William KenowerSeptember 9, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Despair, Doubt, SpirituualityComment

Seeing The World

I saw the same buildings and sky, listened to the same conversations and music, lived in the same house, was married to the same woman, but I saw a different world.

William KenowerNovember 2, 2018Writing, William Kenower, Despair, Trust, PerceptionComment

Sharing Stories

Choice, Confidence, Despair, Stories, WritingBill KenowerJuly 31, 2017Despair, Stories, William Kenower, WritingComment

Giving Up

Perception, Stories, Trust, WritingBill KenowerApril 20, 2015Bill Kenower, Despair, Spirituality, Stories, WritingComment

A Valuable Lesson

Criticism, Despair, WritingBill KenowerMarch 19, 2015Despair, Teachers, Trust, WritingComment

Downstream

Despair, Perception, Trust, WritingBill KenowerMarch 2, 2015Bill Kenower, Despair, Meaning, Perception, Spirituality, WritingComment

A Nameless Connection

Despair, Happiness, Perception, Trust, WritingBill KenowerNovember 6, 2014Bill Kenower, Despair, Inspiration, Life, Meaning, WritingComment

Seeing the World

Perception, WritingBill KenowerNovember 4, 2014Bill Kenower, Despair, Inspiration, Perception, WritingComment

New Thought

Despair, Fear, Perception, WritingBill KenowerJune 13, 2014Bill Kenower, Curiosity, Despair, Perception, Thought, WritingComment

Night Questions

Imagination, Perception, Success, Suffering, Trust, WritingBill KenowerFebruary 7, 2014Bill Kenower, Despair, Faith, Inspiration, Richard Dawkins, Write Within Yourself, WritingComment

A Nameless Connection

Despair, Perception, WritingBill KenowerNovember 5, 2013Bill Kenower, Connection, Despair, Inspiration, Meaning, WritingComment

Back Into Life

Despair, Perception, Stories, WritingBill KenowerOctober 23, 2013Bill Kenower, Despair, Inspiration, Perspective, Stories, WritingComment