People prefer health over illness. It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. [attributed to Mahatma Gandhi] Health is not valued till sickness comes. [attributed to ... Read More about Health
Cycle-of-Life Season
Preferences – Desire
Without desire, we would care about nothing. All values systems rely on valuers, and our preferences. Desires/preferences are to values as cells are to organisms. Pan came out of the woods one ... Read More about Preferences – Desire
Civilization
Civilization is a manifestation of order. "Why should I be good to others? Why should I care about anyone else?" Skeptics of a Humanist values system pose these questions regularly. As with the ... Read More about Civilization
Living in Discipline, Self-Control and Self-Regulation
Through discipline, we put and keep ourselves in good order. Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. [attributed to Christian writer Roy L. Smith] Your disciplines today ... Read More about Living in Discipline, Self-Control and Self-Regulation
Being Stable and Constant
Healthy stability, which is not excessive or rigid, is an important part of good order. Housing is stability. Housing is dignity. Housing is absolutely necessary, critical infrastructure. [Raphael ... Read More about Being Stable and Constant
Developing Good Habits and Practices
Good habits and practices are important to living in good order. Doing good things haphazardly or inconsistently does not generate good order. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what ... Read More about Developing Good Habits and Practices
Concentrating
Concentrating is an aspect of order in the domain of thinking. I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to ... Read More about Concentrating
Being Selfless
Being about more than the self pulls people together, and makes orderly societies possible. Selflessness opens us to other people. It is part of the order of our social ... Read More about Being Selfless
Living in Good Order
Now we reach a value that pulls all values together, in a sense. Every value is part of an order. We need other values to decide what that order should be but the idea of an order is essential to any ... Read More about Living in Good Order