We are unable
To summon basic respect
For views not our own
As long as we, as a culture, or as a species, struggle to summon basic respect and dignity for each other, we will fail.
Tag: life
Why do villains laugh?
Something I’ve wondred.
Why do villains always laugh?
A puzzling thing
Oh, Editing! A Haiku
First: unload my mind
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Time for a Friday Haiku
A Friday haiku
What is the root of its joy?
Delightful freedom
Happy Friday, everyone!
Feed your soul joy
Just pursue your dreams
Seek out joy to feed your soul
Fight hard for your heart
May your week be filled with blessings.
Tonight’s Haiku: The Value We Bring
Upon work’s altar
Our lives are a sacrifice
A worthy exchange?
I’ve been thinking about work and our relationship to it.
Monday Morning Alarm Clocks
This Monday morning
My alarm speaks its crass words
My reflex: resist
Ah, the glories of Monday morning’s and those alarm clocks.
The Life Affirming Steven Covey’s “Big Rocks” Video
This concept had a powerful impact upon how I see the world. With that, this video was life-changing.
A very basic notion: take a moment and figure out what’s most important. Then act on that. Schedule those things FIRST, then work everything else in.
Nothing more dreadful to imagine than, at the end of my life, realizing I never did what’s truly important to me.
That said, watch this. Then act on it.
https://youtu.be/ciBRcrOgFJU
Fathers, Daughters, and Snapshots of Beauty
A friend and daughter
The gentle kiss upon her head
Witnessing sweetness
This morning’s meditation
Circumstances speak
As I lay within my bed
Seeing life’s beauty