That said, our race may be more on the side of delusional than sensible. But if one were to look at the evidence 'sensibly' then one may notice that we are all fragile - https://nicaskew.substack.com/p/fragile
“…a little kinder, more gracious and present in the absence of tragedy.” Yes. It is so simple. This video still and beautiful. Beyond it, the understanding why this could be so simple…perhaps because we were never apart, and were as Rumi says, like lovers, in each other all along. Still. Presence. Thank you Nic and thank you Michael!
Thank you for sharing. The goodness of people is ignited by tragedy touched something in me. I practice zen buddhism and the thought came to mind that I have to practice presence to be aware of happiness and look deeply into whether or not it ignites 'goodness'. Something like: we can accept the invitation of tragedy, can we(I) also accept the invitation of happiness?
I imagine if one could accept anything that happens (including tragedy), then kindness may then be one’s natural reaction to others. Perhaps even towards oneself.
A few months ago, I stumbled upon the work of a young woman (Jimena Agra), an artist from Spain who is currently living in California. Although she did not have to evacuate where she was living, her partner had to evacuate his place and stay with her.
Back on January 11, she posted an image of a small painting she did the night before to help the families affected by the fires. She created a silent auction for it on her Instagram account and the winner would donate directly to the families via GoFundMe or through charity. She was willing to even cover the cost of shipping anywhere in the world. Although this giving was in the midst of tragedy, it shows how people can make use of what little they have, even in the form of their gifts and talents, to help others.
She wrote, "Everyone knows someone who has lost everything." Very simply put, it could've happened to us - we were just very, very lucky.'
Kindness truly is the only sensible response to the human condition. All else is delusional. Thank you Nic!
That said, our race may be more on the side of delusional than sensible. But if one were to look at the evidence 'sensibly' then one may notice that we are all fragile - https://nicaskew.substack.com/p/fragile
We are “unwell” :)
In these times, when we can choose to be anything, please can we all just be kind?!
“…a little kinder, more gracious and present in the absence of tragedy.” Yes. It is so simple. This video still and beautiful. Beyond it, the understanding why this could be so simple…perhaps because we were never apart, and were as Rumi says, like lovers, in each other all along. Still. Presence. Thank you Nic and thank you Michael!
Thank you for sharing. The goodness of people is ignited by tragedy touched something in me. I practice zen buddhism and the thought came to mind that I have to practice presence to be aware of happiness and look deeply into whether or not it ignites 'goodness'. Something like: we can accept the invitation of tragedy, can we(I) also accept the invitation of happiness?
I imagine if one could accept anything that happens (including tragedy), then kindness may then be one’s natural reaction to others. Perhaps even towards oneself.
A few months ago, I stumbled upon the work of a young woman (Jimena Agra), an artist from Spain who is currently living in California. Although she did not have to evacuate where she was living, her partner had to evacuate his place and stay with her.
Back on January 11, she posted an image of a small painting she did the night before to help the families affected by the fires. She created a silent auction for it on her Instagram account and the winner would donate directly to the families via GoFundMe or through charity. She was willing to even cover the cost of shipping anywhere in the world. Although this giving was in the midst of tragedy, it shows how people can make use of what little they have, even in the form of their gifts and talents, to help others.
She wrote, "Everyone knows someone who has lost everything." Very simply put, it could've happened to us - we were just very, very lucky.'