Loitering
Published at Books & Culture on January 6, 2015.
Writing an essay is a form of loitering, but life is also about loitering until we die. We can loiter with intent. Or, we can’t. Most of us do varying degrees of both, but some of us struggle for an “apparent purpose,” a proper motivation to guide us as we linger. We seek. We yearn. We find ourselves wanting. We doubt. We don’t know. D’Ambrosio is there for those us who are still seeking a purpose. He offers us sympathy. He encourages us to remember that we are all human, particularly flawed. He encourages us to waver and to question. He provides the words that we can’t speak.