Recently I was inspired start a series of posts drawing on wisdom from Star Trek, particularly the series I grew up with, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Although many consider TNG to be nowhere near as groundbreaking or topical as the original series, I find it rife with life lessons that are timeless and speak to the human condition. Many of these  helped me grapple with young adulthood and the solitude of being unpopular in high school.

The point of this blog series is not to highlight the better-known quotes from either series, but to focus on those buried a little deeper within an episode. There is no set schedule as my paying client work comes first, but hopefully I will manage two per month.

Rather than post the second in the series here, however,  I’ve opted to post it to an up and coming site called Medium. After blogging about my impressions of the site and its content, I received an invitation to contribute, so click here for “The Painful Art of Accepting Life’s Stalemates” on Medium; the first installment, “Variations on a Program: You Can’t Go Back” can be found here.

Gary Hilson is a Toronto-based freelance writer, editor and content strategist storyteller.