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1. Been struggling with negative thoughts lately -- so spent 30 minutes meditating on kindness and handling sadness. It helped. If you can clear the mind -- you can see the world as it is, free of rose-colored or nihilistic glasses.
Anyhow stumbled upon this quote at the right time...as if the universe just sent it my way...
Goodness is real, we perceive it dimly as it is reflected around us, and part of the role of moral philosophy is to improve ourselves, to get us in a position where we can liberate ourselves from fantasy and see things as they really are. By looking carefully – by looking with love – we can see others for who they are. Here is a link between morality and fiction; both want us to recognize what can be the most difficult thing to see – the reality of other people.
(Courtesy of maia, taken from Iris Murdoch Power of Love
Worth remembering when the world overwhelms.
Oh along that thread...Patton Oswalt's response to a couple of nasty tweets, was to research the tweeter. After discovering it was a disabled vet with serious medical bills, in lots of pain, with a go-fund-me link, Oswalt turned around and well donated $2000 to the vet's fund and asked his followers to do the same. The vet was humbled by Patton's actions, and thanked him, stating he was sorry for his harsh words -- he'd tweeted out of rage and pain, and hadn't thought it through or thought about the person he'd hurt on the other side. And was deeply humbled and thankful by Oswalt and his followers kind response.
Also -- to pull myself out of negativity -- I look at the sunset over the water in Costa Rica that I took on my 50th Birthday. It's a pretty sunset.
2. After I read the Matt Cohen's Opening Statement to Congress --( Read more... )
3. Last night I got sucked down the rabbit hole and almost depressed myself by reading the bizarre Plagiarism Scandal of Cristian Serruya.
( takeaways )
4. Rosewell, New Mexico
Thank god they aren't doing this as a high school series. I'd have been bored and given up by now.
And I appear to have been right about the Isabel and Rosa relationship. Interesting.
Right now, I feel sorry for Max. ( spoilers )
Anyhow stumbled upon this quote at the right time...as if the universe just sent it my way...
Goodness is real, we perceive it dimly as it is reflected around us, and part of the role of moral philosophy is to improve ourselves, to get us in a position where we can liberate ourselves from fantasy and see things as they really are. By looking carefully – by looking with love – we can see others for who they are. Here is a link between morality and fiction; both want us to recognize what can be the most difficult thing to see – the reality of other people.
(Courtesy of maia, taken from Iris Murdoch Power of Love
Worth remembering when the world overwhelms.
Oh along that thread...Patton Oswalt's response to a couple of nasty tweets, was to research the tweeter. After discovering it was a disabled vet with serious medical bills, in lots of pain, with a go-fund-me link, Oswalt turned around and well donated $2000 to the vet's fund and asked his followers to do the same. The vet was humbled by Patton's actions, and thanked him, stating he was sorry for his harsh words -- he'd tweeted out of rage and pain, and hadn't thought it through or thought about the person he'd hurt on the other side. And was deeply humbled and thankful by Oswalt and his followers kind response.
Also -- to pull myself out of negativity -- I look at the sunset over the water in Costa Rica that I took on my 50th Birthday. It's a pretty sunset.
2. After I read the Matt Cohen's Opening Statement to Congress --( Read more... )
3. Last night I got sucked down the rabbit hole and almost depressed myself by reading the bizarre Plagiarism Scandal of Cristian Serruya.
( takeaways )
4. Rosewell, New Mexico
Thank god they aren't doing this as a high school series. I'd have been bored and given up by now.
And I appear to have been right about the Isabel and Rosa relationship. Interesting.
Right now, I feel sorry for Max. ( spoilers )