Caught my eye…

Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.

Everyone looks at life through a window.

Some windows are fogged by pain.

Some are tinted by upbringing.

Some cracked by loss.

Some wide open.

Some barely let in light.

So when someone says something that doesn’t make sense to you, it probably does make sense to them.

They’re not being difficult.

They’re just seeing from a different window.

The goal isn’t t... See more

Here are 13 things that every skilled chaos-surfer understands:

1. How something appears to you may not be how it is.


2. What is said or shown may not be all there is.


3. What is true for me may not be true for you.


4. The same words may mean different things to different people.


5. What people say may not be what they mean. Because comms is lossy and language is me

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Merton’s reply was the most helpful letter I’ve ever received:

Dear Jim,

Thanks for the letter and for the awful, and illuminating, enclosure [about the civilian casualties in Vietnam]. I can well understand your sense of desperation. And the “bleak mood.” And also I am glad that you wrote about it. As you say, there are no clear answers, and you ca... See more

When it comes to political power, the Bible has a clear-eyed view of the propensity of leaders to succumb to the temptations of pride, arrogance, pleasure, and wealth.

For instance, when Deuteronomy discusses the possibility of Israel having a king, rather than describing his powers or privileges, it warns him not to multiply horses or wives or weal... See more