So much loveliness here! From your lyrical words to the fuzzy chicks, there is a real reality in each letter. (Does that make sense?) I would love to hear more about the relationship between effort, virtue, and reality. I would have said that it takes effort to learn how to portray reality rightly. Effort alone doesn't necessarily equal virtue, however. Am I missing something?
Yes, you're making sense, Renee. I'm having trouble untangling effort from virtue myself, so I may not be communicating clearly. Effort may be more neutral than we think, or at least that's what JR talked about at the retreat (and he might be writing a book about it... so hopefully you'll get to hear more about that relationship someday)!
"Virtue is to be in alignment with reality." Yes. A crooked back that gets more crooked every year is my reality, and when I forget to make allowances for it, the pain reminds me. Like today. So at some level, aligning with reality becomes not a matter of virtue but of survival.
Hang in there, Reagan! We’re here for you and your letters whatever you write.
So much loveliness here! From your lyrical words to the fuzzy chicks, there is a real reality in each letter. (Does that make sense?) I would love to hear more about the relationship between effort, virtue, and reality. I would have said that it takes effort to learn how to portray reality rightly. Effort alone doesn't necessarily equal virtue, however. Am I missing something?
Yes, you're making sense, Renee. I'm having trouble untangling effort from virtue myself, so I may not be communicating clearly. Effort may be more neutral than we think, or at least that's what JR talked about at the retreat (and he might be writing a book about it... so hopefully you'll get to hear more about that relationship someday)!
"Virtue is to be in alignment with reality." Yes. A crooked back that gets more crooked every year is my reality, and when I forget to make allowances for it, the pain reminds me. Like today. So at some level, aligning with reality becomes not a matter of virtue but of survival.