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Dave Quain's avatar

I believe Gandhi said, “If you are right you can afford to keep your temper and if you’re wrong you can’t afford to lose it.” I always liked that.

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chris cavanagh's avatar

A big FAT YES, to all of this. Love your morning list of reminders. At the risk of betraying conceit, I recognize all of them and various combinations of them have been guides through various crises. A 65 year-old single parent of a 16 year old, who has managed to maintain his sanity (which is entirely reasonable to doubt is true) means that i've learned a thing or two. Though some of these things have been rather recent. "Ponder Sonder," is lovely, and i can still remember the thrill of discovering Koenig's lexical creations some time ago. And I also love "be curious, not furious," a phrase i will certainly use (thank-you) and this being one of my most recent epiphanies (with an assist from Ted Lasso) as i reflect on a life of activism and community organizing. Also, recently, i have been reflecting on the brahmaviharas - four buddhist virtues that overlap a lot of what you share: loving-kindness, compassion, muditha, and equanimity. Each continues to be a challenge for me and i love your list as a tool for daily practice - i want to make a poster now and mount it beside Corita Kent's "Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules." (Muditha, incidentally, lacks an adequate english translation; it is the sharing of joy the way that compassion is the sharing of sorrow. And perhaps is the greatest challenge I still face in life.)

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