Martin Black
@martinxo
all the endless things
Martin Black
martinblack.substack.com
Roam through the fields and pastures of Roam and then mix it all in with Sublime, Roam is my larder, Sublime is the sorting hat.
Aging well does not mean having no setbacks, no loss of mobility, or no medical conditions. Our happiness depends on our attitude and how we handle the inevitable challenges we encounter. Despite the various losses that older individuals experience, research has shown that we tend to become happier and happier as we move through our 60s, 70s and... See more
Katharine Esty • Aging Well in an Era of Uncertainty
I don’t remember everything I read. But I do believe memory is an obligation, as St. Augustine encourages us, for the imagination is composed of the things we remember—books, art, liturgy, life experiences.
Reading up to 2024
The most common emotion people feel about getting old is surprise.
Martha Beck • The Stunning Surprise of Age—and the Overwhelming Gratitude That Comes Along With It - Martha Beck
Why read old and difficult texts
Might be handy for my reading of the Old Testament in 2025
... Never lose sight of the graph of a human life, which
is not composed, whatever people may say, of a horizontal
and two perpendiculars, but rather of three curving lines,
drawn out to infinity, forever meeting and forever diverg-
ing: what a man has believed himself to be, what he wished
to be, and what he was.
—Marguerite Yourcenar
Jesus and me and to live an enchanted life
What do I want from all this?
Contemporary life pays tribute to the idea of travel but shrouds it in solipsism
