The writer possesses no special character trait, save one: openness.

Stephen Hebert
Nov 6 · 2 min read

It is a mistake to believe that writing requires any special quality or character trait. I used to think that writing, for example, required a great deal of self-confidence or even arrogance. With over 7 billion people in the world, why would it matter to anyone what I have to say? I have to believe that there is something truly amazing and wonderful about me: I’m so great…

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Stephen Hebert

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Reader. Writer. Texan. Mystic? Teacher. Theologian. Mindfulness Wonk. Mystic? Buddhiscopalian. Houstonian. Human too.

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