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After his storied NBA career but before his tragic death at the age of 41, Kobe Bryant wrote a letter to himself. His 17-year-old self, to be precise. By this time, Bryant had accumulated five NBA Championship rings and a net worth of $680 million. But it wasn’t just material things Bryant had acquired. The
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Between pop psychology, personality tests, enneagrams, and horoscopes, there’s someone on every corner giving the answer to the self. But the quest for self-discovery is nothing new. The ancient Greeks had their own Myers-Briggs: the four temperaments. In fact, much of our current personality analysis boils down to these. A temperament refers to the natural
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Sitting in his chair atop his porch, Mike “A-Sunday” Acendy is watching and maybe also observing things in his lifelong neighborhood of Lawrenceville. At almost 90 years old, Mike A-Sunday, as old-timers know him, is one of the oldest residents. Half-Irish, half-Italian, he lives in the home in which he was born and raised, and
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Over the years, my sister has produced beautiful handicrafts: an intricate crocheted baby afghan, perfectly knitted mittens, and lovely crocheted lace. I, on the other hand, have a handful of quilt squares, a crochet hook stuck in a barely used spool of thread, and a partially finished embroidered pillowcase to show for my efforts. As
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Speaking from the Oval Office on January 11, 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his farewell address to the nation. He was affable, warm, and modest in these parting remarks—so much so that even in print his words glow with appeal and charm. As he so often did, he peppered his remarks with personal anecdotes and
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