The problem nowadays is that, no matter how genuine your imagination and writing are, or how real your drawings, paintings, or social media posts are — no matter how creative and talented one is... everyone now assumes that they were done by AI. Source: DALL-E/OpenAI Just remember that the messy, imperfect, vulnerable, and perhaps inelegant parts of a text are reflections of the human experience. Humans create an authentic connection between themselves and their audience. Their descriptions are visceral, their traumas may transpire through their writing. There is emotional depth in what humans write versus what AI produces. AI can simulate the emotional tone in a story, but it cannot genuinely feel it. Thus, it cannot convey that depth. Humans do that. Seeing a text that is well written, with correct grammar and elegance, is not an indicator that it was written by AI. This kind of reasoning is flawed — it’s a fallacy. Human creativity has depth; it’s cinematic, it conveys visceral emot...

Every now and then, someone crosses my path at just the right moment — a person I didn’t expect, who turns out to be exactly what I needed. Help appears in ways I could never have planned. That happened today. I’m still not sure how to describe it without sounding a little odd, but it left a deep impression on me. After a lovely visit to an Experimental Farm with my son, we started our way back to the parking lot. I was using a cane, limping along, as my knees were hurting. Off in the distance, I noticed a young woman driving a golf cart. I didn’t think much of it and never considered asking for a ride. But she must have noticed us, because she turned and came directly toward us. She stopped and asked how we were doing, if we were enjoying our visit. Then she said, “Are you leaving now?” I told her we were, and that we’d had a lovely time. Without hesitation she offered to drive us back to the car. I accepted, telling her it was a lucky break because I was in a lot of pain. Then I look...