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Reliable Stories

The more I tell them, the more convinced I am that stories set in the past are not about the past at all.

William KenowerSeptember 18, 2019writing, William Kenower, Memory, Stories, SpiritualityComment

Victory Smoke

The praise I hoped to receive pleased me as long as one draw on a cigarette pleased me.

William KenowerSeptember 16, 2019Smoking, Writing, William Kenower, Attention, Love, SpiritualityComment

The Dictator

It is a little disorienting to enter the dream of the story I am telling and feel that it is enough.

William KenowerSeptember 11, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Freedom, DictatorComment

The Hole

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

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

Secret Strengths

Strengths look like weaknesses when they’re misapplied.

William KenowerSeptember 6, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Strengths, performanceComment

Words and Deeds

The rate at which I learn something does not make the lesson any less true.

William KenowerSeptember 4, 2019writing, William Kenower, equality, spiritualityComment

Measurable Value

Here it is: Your value is, without exaggeration and quite literally, beyond measure.

William KenowerAugust 30, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Success, Failure, Spirituality Comment

Earning Your Living

Nothing can save you and nothing can own you.

William KenowerAugust 28, 2019writing, William Kenower, working, freedomComment

A Life's Worth

The idea that a life is measured in the number of consecutive enlightened years is nihilistic.

William KenowerAugust 26, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Meaning, Life, Spirituality Comment

Something to Love

Just loving something seems so impractical. I cannot see the absolutely clear line between love and my own survival, between love and those numbers in my bank account.

William KenowerAugust 23, 2019Love, William Kenower, Writing, Spirituality Comments

Red Monday

The truth of human experience is that everything feels like something.

William KenowerAugust 21, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Stories, Feelings, SpiritualityComment

A Perfect Companion

If you ask those friends or strangers, “How do I get home?” they will begin describing the route they know to the home they know.

William KenowerAugust 19, 2019writing, William Kenower, Stories, SpiritualityComment

Stage Presence

Performance demands you be in the present moment.

William KenowerAugust 16, 2019William Kenower, Writing, Stage Presence Comment

Where We Meet

I always tried to meet people where we agreed, which isn’t so hard when you don’t focus solving the problems of the world.

William KenowerAugust 12, 2019Comment

How To Clear Your Mind

If my mind isn’t busy with what’s going on around me, then what’s been on my mind quickly surfaces.

William KenowerAugust 9, 2019writing, William Kenower, mindfulness, spiritualityComment

Remembering Stories

The storyteller is in this way reassembling what time and the imagination have fractured.

William KenowerAugust 7, 2019writing, William Kenower, Stories, Memory, Andre Dubus III Comments

Choosing Our Games

Making money is a lot like a game we are all made to play.

William KenowerAugust 5, 2019William Kenower, Writing, money, Games, SuccessComment

Good Enough

If I was relaxed, curious, and trusting, not only did good stuff come to me, but I could confidently tell if I was starting to stray off course.

William KenowerAugust 2, 2019Writing, William Kenower, Rewriting, Trust, FearComment

Real Stories

Belief is not complicated or difficult. It is the act of accepting what you already value.

William KenowerJuly 31, 2019writing, William Kenower, Stories, Belief Comment

Making Time

Time has never actually existed, but happiness and unhappiness have. In fact, they are all we really know.

William KenowerJuly 29, 2019Writing, Time, William Kenower, Happiness Comments