I live on the fifth floor, and I sleep with my curtains open. I hadn’t really thought much about that until recently. I simply like them open. I like seeing the last bit of the world before I fall asleep, and I like waking up to whatever light the morning decides to bring. But lately I’ve wondered if there is something more to it. Maybe I like my curtains open because that is how I want to live my life. Not exposed. Not without privacy. There are parts of me that belong only

The Discipline of a Beautiful Life Perfection is perhaps the hardest place to live. For one thing, we simply cannot stay there forever. Even when life feels almost perfect—when the people we love are well, our work is fulfilling, our relationships feel secure, and the future seems to be unfolding exactly as we hoped—something eventually changes. Because life changes. People change. Circumstances change. We change. And no one ever promised us a rose garden—or tomorrow—so when