To note the obvious, we live in strange times.
We live amid devices that both simplify and complicate the world. They free us from chores that, although tiresome, rewarded us with a sense of achievement. Our sense of balance is thrown off by the speed of completion and travel. We are forgetting old skills, such as cursive writing, that gave us a subtle but better connection to thought and to others.
And, of course, there are the barbarians who do not share our values. They regard the nation as a vending machine instead of a garden worthy of respect, protection, and cultivation.
Either group can sink us.
[Photo by Possessed Photography at Unsplash]
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