Arrhythmia

The majority of our modern ills spring from a pervasive and stubborn arrhythmia. Indeed, physical and mental ills often trace trace their source to a lack of sensitivity or worse, a blatant disregard for the natural rhythms of life. We marvel at the precise movement of the heavens above, the innate wisdom of the hibernating …

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Profit from All

Can any profit be derived from these men? Aye, from all. "What, even from a reviler?" Why, tell me what profit a wrestler gains from him who exercises him beforehand? The very greatest: he trains me in the practice of endurance, of controlling my temper, of gentle ways. You deny it. What, the man who …

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A heart that watches and receives

The Tables Turned; An Evening Scene, on the Same Subject by William Wordsworth Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double: Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun, above the mountain's head, A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green …

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