Faced with cancer, Mrs. Wilson confronts her impending death. She finds new strength fight her prognosis with a book, The Will to Live, by the philosopher Schopenhauer.

A typical nice-guy colleague with a toxically positive attitude delivers an exhortation to his colleagues about eliminating self-doubt so as to increase work performance.

As she walks alongside the Hudson River with her friend, a woman excitedly explains her intricate vision of what would give her happiness.

As a woman grows older, she falls into a deep sadness while the men around her constantly tell her to cheer up.

As he naviagtes his own sobriety, a man finds out that his best friend of twenty years has two months to live due to HIV/AIDS. With help from the dying friend's lover, the man helps prepare his friend for a final bronchoscopy.

A writer wakes up every day hoping each day would be the day he finally manages to write, though each day he finds new reasons to delay his writing.

A middle-aged woman looks forward to growing old because she believes older people are less beholden to other's expectations, but her friend disagrees.

A story with an unconventional structure that asks "What is your number one priority?"

At a monk retreat, a guilty pharmacist tries to reclaim his attention span—and take accountability for what he has done.

Set in 1914 Detroit, a young man with a life threatening condition is forced to live a mundane life protected from the outside world. When a new friend begins showing him the joys life has to offer, he is forced to decide how he wants to live.