That was entertaining, motivational and practical....great read....thank you
"we act remarkably like sheep, hardly questioning our leaders, our fellow human beings, and ourselves"
...and ourselves....of all of these questioning ourselves, our own judgements, opinions etc would be the most challenging.....easy to call out others but much harder to look inside...... and as you point out that's where the work is done......
Love the story of Diogenes and the victory crown..... I could picture the whole thing..... hilarious.......
It's just my opinion, but if we spent more time looking inwards then we may just end up being more tolerant of others, knowing that we are all human beings and that none of us are perfect....
we need to focus those things which bring us together, as human beings, not divide us as if we were enemies.......seems to be happening alot nowadays....
Great article. One of the embedded links sent me somewhere and I ended up somewhere else and found that you write that one of your favorite philosophers is Bertrand Russell. I don’t recall you making reference to his works much in your writings. Are there pieces you’ve written about him you can direct me (us) to? Will you be writing more about him?
Doug, Bertie was a big influence early on. I've read his autobiography, a number of his books and essays, and I have an autographed photo of him in my office.
I have not written about him lately, but yeah, I should return to the subject.
That was entertaining, motivational and practical....great read....thank you
"we act remarkably like sheep, hardly questioning our leaders, our fellow human beings, and ourselves"
...and ourselves....of all of these questioning ourselves, our own judgements, opinions etc would be the most challenging.....easy to call out others but much harder to look inside...... and as you point out that's where the work is done......
Love the story of Diogenes and the victory crown..... I could picture the whole thing..... hilarious.......
It's just my opinion, but if we spent more time looking inwards then we may just end up being more tolerant of others, knowing that we are all human beings and that none of us are perfect....
we need to focus those things which bring us together, as human beings, not divide us as if we were enemies.......seems to be happening alot nowadays....
David, I'm in complete agreement.
Great article. One of the embedded links sent me somewhere and I ended up somewhere else and found that you write that one of your favorite philosophers is Bertrand Russell. I don’t recall you making reference to his works much in your writings. Are there pieces you’ve written about him you can direct me (us) to? Will you be writing more about him?
Doug, Bertie was a big influence early on. I've read his autobiography, a number of his books and essays, and I have an autographed photo of him in my office.
I have not written about him lately, but yeah, I should return to the subject.
Wonderful article, my wife needs to finish reading this so I can get to it.
Thanks, appreciated!