Author: Darius E. Bennett, JD
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Should You Go with Your Gut?
First published in the San Diego Paralegal Association Newsletter “I think back to Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics in 1984, when I let the clock run out. We lost the game,...
It Starts and Ends with You
“Eventually, I came to the realization that I was the problem. It wasn’t Nike or the pressure to be number one or being an emblem of hope for my family, or any of that. It wasn’t losing...
Clear Intentions and The Irrepressible Power of Unity
“I’d come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clean-cut language. So I resolved always to speak –and to act—quite clearly, as this was the only way of setting...
The Long and Winding Road to Help
“When I was younger, so much younger, than today/ I never needed anybody’s help in any way/ And now those days are gone/ I’m not so self-assured/ And now I find I’ve changed my mind/I’ve...
Diane and The Unacknowledged Art of Drawing a Broad Shadow
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. “The most powerful and obvious ‘truths’ within cultures are often the things that are not said and not directly acknowledged.” –Mary Anne Staniszewski, Believing is Seeing: Creating the Culture...
Practice Makes the Master
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. “As an athlete, I couldn’t control what my teammates or the people against whom I was competing were doing, but I could control what I was doing, how hard I...
The Importance of Living by the Terms We Set
by Darius E. Bennett, Esq. “Maybe the hardest part is if you teach, you have to live your teaching. You can’t say, ‘You do, not as I do, but do as I say.’ No, no....
The Perilous Calamity of Comparisons and Wrong Focus
by Darius E. Bennett, Esq. “I had to find what I was comfortable with and compare myself to my own expectations, not to anyone else’s.” — Monica Seles, Getting a Grip: On My Body,...
Let It Flow
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. “What wants to happen?” — Eileen McNamara That wise query originated with the mother of a dear friend. It was proposed in the context of my friend –her daughter–...
Resist Change and You’ll Invite Your Own Suffering
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. While reading this passage –part of his final letter to his daughter– one senses Ashe’s patience and worry, as well as a sense of urgency and fatherly insistence. He references,...
The Power and Far-Reaching Consequences of Words
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. In his acclaimed “practical guide to personal freedom,” don Miguel Ruíz advises, “Being impeccable with your word is not using the word against yourself.” The idea is to speak words...
You Have Not Failed
By Darius E. Bennett, Esq. To demonstrate this point, Thich Nhat Hanh raises what appears to be an empty glass, and challenges his audience with the query that if the glass is empty, then “Empty...