The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. ~ The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous René Descartes needed a bedrock, a place to start to decide what was real. He figured out he could doubt everything, […]
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Now when someone leaves a will, it is necessary to prove that the person who made it is dead. The will goes into effect only after the person’s death. While the person who made it is still alive, the will […]
Continue reading »The Essence of Immorality
The Essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. ~ Jane Addams This is what you should do, and you must listen to me, for I’m your sponsor. Oh, you saw me do that yesterday? Why […]
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And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from manʼs envy of his neighbor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. Better one handful with tranquillity than two […]
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Expectations are premeditated resentments. ~ “Well-known saying” I hadn’t heard before. Well surely he has the sense to send that back, he knows I told him we didn’t need it, it was expensive, we could do better… Why does he […]
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