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landscapes are rich and full of drama.

So the next time you see a person with

a composed face and a soft voice, remember

that inside her mind she might

be solving an equation, composing a

sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that

is, be deploying the powers of quiet.

We know from myths and fairy tales

that there are many different kinds of

powers in this world. One child is given

a light saber, another a wizard’s education.

The trick is not to amass all the

different kinds of available power, but

to use well the kind you’ve been granted.

Introverts are offered keys to

private gardens full of riches. To possess

such a key is to tumble like Alice

down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose

to go to Wonderland—but she made of

it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic

and very much her own.

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