Euphemisms and
platitudes. Hanging around on social media with all the bad news, celebrations
and currying of fears, plus assumptions and expectations. The passive voice is
a grammatical vice. Real help is specific IMHO.
Those “experiencing” envy are many and some
are already exceedingly rich. See Decalogue 10. On the other hand, most sins
are not very interesting; so often they’re so much the same. What is
interesting is the good stuff you do that you don’t know about. A lot of what
you try to get away from is ingrained and so is part of you. Some of it holds surprisingly
great results.
It's not so
perfect, though. What if ‘perfect’ meant ‘wholeness’, ‘completeness’, “containing
multitudes”? Not ‘perfect’ as frozen in time; time doesn’t freeze. Good for
today might be doubtful tomorrow. Faultless is subject to change. Imperfect
gives you room to move.
After spending
most of my life trying to be lighter, stretching towards the heavens, I now
seem to want to be heavier, sinking at each step towards the earth. Weightier,
more relaxed and more peaceful. Making life lower. Simplifying striving. Making
two steps out of one.
The world will be
saved by smallness.
