muddling

"But every raw soul has it own secret advantages. Elena had hers, 
and those advantages might as well be termed perplexity. 

Perplexity isn't as noble as conviction, but perhaps more good is done 
in the name of muddling through uncertainty 
than is done hacking away with the righteous sword of self-confidence.  

I don't know.  And that's my perplexity."

- from Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Here's to another glorious year of uncertainty...

Happy New Year!  

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And here are a few other book that I've been lucky enough to read over the holidays and happily recommend:

Congratulations, By The Way by George Saunders

Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Christmas Eve at the Mellops' by Tomi Ungerer

An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender
Zlateh The Goat And Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak