Month: November 2020
Thought for the Week – 16th November 2020 (2)
Thought for the Week – 16th November 2020
Facing the Future Together without Fear
Anger is within me..
“A monk decides to meditate alone. Away from his monastery, he takes a boat and goes to the middle of the lake, closes his eyes and begins to meditate. After a few hours of unperturbed silence, he suddenly feels the blow of another boat hitting his. With his eyes still closed, he feels his anger rising and, when he opens his eyes, he is ready to shout at the boatman who dared to disturb his meditation.
Thought for the Week – 9th November 2020 (2)
Thought for the Week – 9th November 2020
Pay, Force or Persuade ?
There are times when we seek to get other people to do something we want or need them to do. We can pay them to do so: that is economics. We can force them to do so: that is politics. Or we can persuade them to do so because they and we are part of the same framework of virtues and values, rules and responsibilities, codes and customs, conventions and constraints: that is morality.
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan Sacks
The Power of ‘No Thank You’
( contributed by Brian H)
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