Isolation heightens the reality of our interdependency. We depend on one another for just about everything. The homes we live in, our furnishings, clothing, food, and the water, power, gas, and waste that course through our home's mechanical systems all are there, except in limited cases, because of other people. We need one another and …
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Principles and Notions
The advent of industrial capitalism in the late 1700s transformed rural, agrarian societies of Europe and America into urban, industrialized nations. Goods went from being handmade by artisans to being mass-produced by machines in factories, populations in developed nations gravitated toward urban centers, and output soared. This process, referred to as the Industrial Revolution, occurred …
Now
As we discussed yesterday, letting go of the state of mediocrity requires specific, deliberate action. It also requires a laser-focused state of mind and heart. Mediocrity is the evidence of the refusal to be fully present, here and now. There is but one point in time that matters: now. The past is dead time and …
The Best of Myself
I arose this morning with a simple question in my head: "How long am I going to wait before I demand the best of myself?" It's a simple question, really, but it is one that begs a full-throated answer if anything meaningful is to be accomplished in life. After scanning the morning news, which these …
Cheerfully
“No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” – Seneca The external turmoil in the world today, especially with the need to shelter-in-place, provides the perfect opportunity to fortify your …
Novelty
A tiny little novel virus that created a disease called COVID-19 has set the body of humanity on its heels — not gradually, over time, but in a matter of weeks. The fear of its uncontrolled spread has upended all normalcy, not just locally, but worldwide. If ever there was an instance proving the power …
Fathers and Sons
I imagine that most fathers are proud of their sons; I am no exception. My sons, Christopher and William, are remarkable young men. Their vision and perspective is limited by their inexperience and physical, mental, and spiritual immaturity, but they both have hearts of gold. I am proud of my boys, not for the promise …
Constructs
The onset of the novel Covid-19 virus pandemic is proving to be a black swan event for all of mankind. The mass quarantines it has prompted have disrupted every aspect of our daily lives, upended financial markets across the globe, and changed the way we interact with one another. The fear it has engendered has …
Response
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." − Viktor Frankl Have you ever thought about the way in which you tend to respond to the stimuli from the world around you, that is, the things …
The Last of the Human Freedoms
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning No matter what you are facing, remember this one thing: everything can be taken from you ― …
Gregory Hake 