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"V" is for Vision
The Adventurer of the Universe starts with the dream and reaps tragic Beauty.
— Alfred North Whitehead
I have a friend named David who can see things others can't. He has visions. I don…
A Practice for Perfectionists
Perfectionism is both a curse and a blessing. Mainly a curse, in my experience. But there is that inescapable reality that perfectionists grace our human landscape for a reason. It is my fervent hop…
An Elder Hero for the Ages
Writer Milan Kundera is convinced that the modern era — and with it, the novel — began with The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, which was published in 1605. It revolves around …
Grow into Your Ideals
Humanitarian Wisdom
Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.
— Albert Schweitzer, physician and theologian
Protestant Wisdom
Be not proud of race, face, place or grace.…
The Barn Raising Lineage
In rural America during the 18th and 19th century, it was common for a community to come together to build a barn. Every farmer needed a barn, but it was impossible for one family to put one up them…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Six High Ideals
"Rosh Ha-Shanah is a time for us to contemplate our highest ideals and our actual behavior. We make amends to ourselves, to one another, and to God for the gap." So writes Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artso…
Gloves, Trucks, and Camouflage: How Has Technology Altered the Way We View Ourselves?
By Olivia Bailey, for KidSpirit's The Speed of Now Issue
Media: today’s version of a synthetic reality that people are readily willing to accept as truth.
Face-to-face conversations are…