It has always seemed
strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity,
openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure
in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness,
meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men
admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. [John
Steinbeck]
It is odd to BE digging so deep this morning. I think I might
have spent a far too long time thinkingandfeeling without writing what I was
thinkingandfeeling.
So Now, well, so Now is this.
And I DO like the gist of Steinbeck’s insight. I like its
bluntness. And while it is blunt it is also subtle. It kind of creeps up and
opens my eyes.
I am grateful for the time I spent incommunicado in October.
It sort of “changed the air” [as B and her Nana would say] in my head. It has
given rise to some deeper writing in the mornings… It has let me know myself in
ways I never imagined I’d want to.
Ask yourself: Have you
been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world. [Annie Lennox]
Seems a good Life Instruction to me. How about YOU?! Where is
kindness taking YOU these days?!
1 comment:
We need to change the definition of success in the country. ;) Being the best person you can be and doing right by others should count as the highest success in life.
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