my romantic tryst with cancer

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things" from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. Copyright © 1998.

People judge you by your writing, so getting a word wrong can make you look bad. Be sure to avoid these common writing errors in your next email: Affect/Effect:   Affect  is a verb;  effect  is a noun. It affected him. The effect was startling. All Right/Alright:  Although  alright  is gaining ground, the correct choice is still all right . A Lot:   A lot  is two words, not one.  Allot means “to parcel out.” Between You and I:  Nope.  Between you and me  is the correct phrase. Complement/Compliment:  Things that work well together  complement  each other. Compliments  are a form of praise. Farther/Further:   Farther  is for physical distance;  further  is for metaphorical distance. How much farther? Our plan can’t go any further. Lay/Lie:  Subjects  lie down ; objects are  laid down. He should lie down. Lay the reports there.