Soul Food: Week of August 18, 2024

“Soul Food” is a regularly updated calendar of meditations sometimes questioning conventional wisdom & often suggesting eternal values …

Sunday: The power of humility is that it brings us closer together & the role of every hero is to unite people, not divide them. Admiral William H. McRaven, The Hero Code

Monday: To be humble is to recognize that one’s intellect, one’s physical strengths, one’s wealth all pale when compared to the vastness, the complexity, the richness, the power, & the grandeur of the universe …

Tuesday: … [and] we are much more likely to see that our differences are infinitely small …

Wednesday … [and] … are much more likely to see that our understanding is equally fraught & that our power to overcome even the tiniest challenges is similarly difficult.

Thursday: Humility is born of respect. Respect for what we do not know. Respect for what we cannot readily see.

Friday: But out of this humble approach to life, we are more likely to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us.

Saturday: And we are much more likely to treat others as we would have them treat us.

Davd Soul