Yesterday’s tirade about moderation reaped me an email objection I should have expected. My correspondent assumed that I had a “system” of some sort in mind, rather than a simple respect for the equilibrium principle that governs all things under the veil of time. The writer asked if I were about to advocate “Christian …
Category: happiness
Jul 21 2021
The Mystery Of Work
It’s time for something to raise the spirits, rather than darken them as political BS tends to do. As it happens, I have something of the sort on tap. First, a little C. S. Lewis: Then an experience that perhaps no good man can ever have in our world came over (Ransom) – …
Jun 19 2021
The Secret To Happiness
[I first posted the story below in August 2015. It seems to me to deserve a repetition, especially given how many people I’ve encountered recently who talk about nothing but their woes. It comes in many variations, so you might have heard it somewhat differently on another occasion. – FWP] *** They were …