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The greatest saints in the world
The headlines of our time are all about decline, decay, catastrophe, tragedy. And they are true. But there is another truth. Dig a little, get beneath the surface, and we find people like these across the world, in every neighbourhood and every sector of society. This is why their stories, though uniquely individual, are at the same time remarkably
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Calling him a saint is just a way of letting ourselves off the hook. After riding around with Charlie, I find it shocking to realize how simple it would be to see myself as a worthless servant, to find joy in the service of others, to open my heart and let it remain open to everyone, everyone, all the time. The trick is in the decision to wake up e
... See moreAnn Patchett • These Precious Days: Essays
What startled me about the response to disaster was not the virtue, since virtue is often the result of diligence and dutifulness, but the passionate joy that shined out from accounts by people who had barely survived. These people who had lost everything, who were living in rubble or ruins, had found agency, meaning, community, immediacy in their
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As all the existing organizational systems around us break down, we need answers. We need solutions. We need hope. Unity. Love. Compassion. All that gooey, profound stuff that is so easy to sneer at and dismiss in our cynical, fast-paced, modern world. Yet I sincerely believe that humanity, in order to evolve on both the individual and the societal
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