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
In the domain of acting, the first thing we must do is to make an effort – to try. This is a necessary predicate to higher levels of function such as being responsible, reliable, and innovative. . ... Read More about Trying – Making an Effort
Not doing ill is a first step toward doing good. Self-restraint is the avoidance of harmful actions, as expressed by "thou shalt not kill." Strict pacifists are committed to following this rule to ... Read More about Restraining Self
In the domain of action, an essential first step is doing nothing, when that is the best we can do. If anyone who has been once or twice warned remains obdurate, do not argue with him . . . [Thomas ... Read More about Forbearing
A second great spiritual pain is that we are powerless in relation to many things. We will come to Niebuhr's serenity prayer but before we do, we acknowledge that pain that makes us seek that ... Read More about Powerlessness
There is no justice without sharing, for justice is about more than the self. When John Lennon imagined a future of "all the people sharing all the world", he did not mean that some should work ... Read More about Sharing
The two sexes make the human world go ‘round but too often we allow sex and gender to divide us. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, history, literature and art about sex and ... Read More about Sex and Gender Inclusion
As the zygote develops into a fetus, sensation emerges, gradually. Over time, sensation continues to develop and mature. This is the first part of Being we can value on its own terms – though a good, ... Read More about Sentience and Sensation