Day: June 24, 2017

This is What I Pray for, More Than Anything: The Courage to Decline

Today’s my birthday! And on my birthday, I pray. (Which is hilarious to imagine, if you know me.) I pray for my well-being, and I pray for bliss; I pray for fulfillment, and I pray for rapture. I pray for meaning and I pray for pleasure; I pray for substance and I pray for intellect. I pray that every day I’ll yearn for the world more, not less, and that every choice I make will make me cutthroat ravenous. How