Ideas to live by

The Red Hand Files

ISSUE #337 / SEPTEMBER 2025

PHOTOGRAPH BY PALMA REPOLE

I’ve had several disagreements with friends about where you stand on things. Where do you...stand?

ALISTAIR, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Dear Alistair,

I acknowledge that this may be, to you and your friends, an unhelpful admission, but I’m not entirely sure where I stand on anything... See more

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

―

G. Michael Hopf,

Those Who Remain

הוראות הפעלה לחיים מהשיר times of difficulty:

In times of heartache, get drunk

In times of tears, get sunk

In times of shame, forget

In times of weather, get wet

Words are the wings both intellect and imagination fly on

(Words Are My Matter, אורסולה ק. לה גווין)

Sail forth— steer for the deep waters only,

Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me,

For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,

And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.