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I am privileged to live in the country, where there are often long periods of no discernible sound at all. When I lived in a city, I hardly noticed that there was always noise.
I wonder why tranquility is often confused with silence?
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
– Aristotle
So what is to “act right?” Over the years we (The Boothby Institute/Access) have defined “acting right” as being in such a space as to treat people with dignity, grace and loving-kindness. That would include all people, the ones who agree with us and especially the ones that our minds judge and evaluate as foolish or ignorant. Certainly it would include friends and loved-ones and it would have to include enemies, all those who would do us, themselves or others damage. Continue Reading →
A few nights ago, I drove into the driveway late in the evening. As I turned off the lights, I saw a few lightning bugs in the field across from the house. As I watched, I was instantly transported to a hundred moments in childhood, the wonder of bugs with taillights, portable power units, captured in a jar which had to have holes.
Isn’t it interesting how some things never lose their magic?
