'Where Should I Fit So Much Wanting?'

Relishing the present is a prerequisite for future joy.

Lake George by Early Moonrise (1930) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly,

I ache so badly. I have been living abroad for five years now. At 23, I live in a clean, beautiful, medium-sized German city. I first got a good taste of big, grand, "exciting" life when I moved straight from high school to college in Paris. I've always managed to get by putting moderate…