a blog by John P. Schuster
Our congressmen and women today are locked in idealogical warfare that resembles trench warfare in WWI: endless attacks and no movement. One of the transcendentalists who “hung out” with Emerson and Thoreau (I can picture that with these people) was the chaplain of the US Congress. His words need to be heeded for today: To live content with small means; to see elegance rather than luxury and refinement rather than fashion. To be worthy, not[…]
Read moreWe all have the message that we’d better utilize our gifts and strengths well, and build our work and lives around those original parts of us that constitute our gifts. Thank you Gallup and Marcus B. There is an annoying paradox here though, one that the sunny-sider strength-finders are missing: There is beauty and growth, lots of it, in your weaknesses.
Read moreThere is a popular show about the biggest weight loser—a psycho-drama of will and exercise, in which the viewer participates in the participants’ struggles and efforts. It concerns repairing our lives through a new attitude toward, not just food and our bodies, but our lives and our purpose and our worth. If I created a reality show it would be “The Biggest Gainer.” It would follow the real-life dilemmas of people, not fighting their weight,[…]
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