Whenever you put your ideas out there into the universe, it's always scary and, from my perspective, takes courage.
Yet whether you're a painter or a director or a choreographer or a writer, regardless of your intention, once you make your stuff public, it's like a free-for-all. It's 100 percent up to your audience to make sense of your message, interpret or reinterpret your ideas, and like or dislike your work or even you.
Read More"If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else believe in you?"
"You have to love yourself before you can expect another person to love you."
These phrases were etched into my being years ago, but in the past couple of weeks I've had a bit of an epiphany.
I used my early morning walks to catch up on podcasts after my finger surgery when I could not run or swim or bike and zoomed in on an interesting connection from one podcast to the other.
Sometimes it makes sense to hang back and let someone else have confidence in you.
Read More“Will this affect your exercising?”
My cousin Jonathan was hosting his annual summer barbeque for the Washington Belkins. While most of my family members are still in New York, there’s a respectable number in Washington as well as in Florida.
It was a little more than 24 hours after Dr. David Moss, a hand surgeon, removed one of the joints from my right ring finger and fused the bones together with 3 wires.
“Yes,” I started to say, “more than I anticipated.”
“I’m sorry,” he said.
Jonathan’s mother, Leslee, was visiting for a few days. Stanley, Jonathan’s father, died not too long ago. He was a celebrated master chef, and Jon himself does an awesome spread year after year.
“It’s ok. Thanks for asking."
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