“All’s the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare has told us. Have you seen theatrical performances that have delighted you, or intrigued you, or brought you to tears? Or perhaps you’ve sat in the orchestra pit, or have directed, or been on the other side of the footlights as an actor? Or worked behind the scenes at stage craft or sewn costumes? Or had that dream job and been paid to go to the theater as a reviewer?
Nearly everyone has seen lightning, it’s possibly the most ubiquitous demonstration of nature's destructive power .. yet it also enables plants to grow. Some revel in its power, while others seek shelter at the first distant peal of its voice. Was there a time when lightning and your life intersected?
Marcus Aurelius’ favorite poet Heraclitus once said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” Whether man or woman, many have learned the truth in this saying by returning to the places in their memory. Are you one of them, or have you discovered you can, in fact, go home again?
Nearly every creature on the planet lives with a fight or flight response to danger. Have you ever been in danger? Were you ever forced into danger by chance or necessity? Did you ever court danger? Have you done something fun, foolish, and dangerous? Tell us your danger tales.