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Found Exhortation (With Caveats)
The ubiquitous exhortation to love that we find in so many spiritual teachings does not, I think, require us to love the individual as an individual. Loving an individual particularly requires liking, and liking is an idiosyncratic thing and as with all tendencies and preferences is much out of our control, even though acquirable to some extent. The love exhorted as a spiritual practice and aim to be possible must be that of the universal, of what is common, even if the only thing that is in common is the fact of being.Found Quotation
Including the potential manifestations of our abstract thinking.
Remembering 9/11 and thinking about how we might act going forward to foster peace. That requires, I think, facing and responding and balancing some hard truths about ourselves.
Yes, I am speaking about myself, not just society at large.
Rescue Plants (Quarantine Companions)
I found a couple of plants shivering on the sidewalk last week. They seem to be recovering nicely. I divided several plants over the holiday period, and repotted others. I find the plants help me stay inside.

It Is Good to Have Clear Boundaries

Santa Fe, NM, 10/25/19






