text:  You're listening to Selected Shorts, where our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Rarely do humans get to grow on our own terms. I mean, sure, we all say that we want to grow and become better people. But if we're left to our own devices, we might just end up on the couch ordering Thai food and binging the entire season of a beloved Scottish costume drama, Strong-Thighed Poetic Men in Kilts.