Last night was cloudy and free of worriesYet I’m aching like nearly every clear morning I see jagged yellows across the skiesCovered by smooth blue lines I hear the birds from outside: my ears perk up when they singThey sound beautiful, but the train will be here soon So much noise and riskYou mustn’t be on its tracks or mustn’t miss it Some days after the train passes I sleepI hate that I do this;…
There’s evil in this world that I can’t understand. I hate that true good can lose to the lies of shape-shifting evil. That descent begins with neglecting your heart and its love. Love gives you wings; evil and its nihilism ties them down. Love never loses if you fight for it. Just make sure it really is love you are fighting for. Trust your senses and trust your mind. But also trust your heart and…
“Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.” (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II). It’s infuriating to me how complex moral judgments are often (and sometimes permanently) left ambiguous. We shouldn’t quit discerning things when it gets complex. Complexity makes things less initially clear, but it doesn’t mean we can’t get to clarity. We just need to fight harder for it. That work can lead to an answer that feels…