Mar 28, 2018 | Good Work, Stress and Its Causes, Wednesday Quotes
“Toil mastered everything, relentless toil. And the pressure of pinching poverty.” Virgil, The Georgics Most people I speak to say that there are too busy. For many, this busy-ness is a significant source of stress. We feel trapped; we feel constrained to attend to...
Mar 14, 2018 | Stress and Its Causes, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“It is not good that man should be alone.” Genesis I do not think this is controversial. Essential to a happy and satisfied life is living in the presence of those we love. Consistently. Perhaps this is most obvious in younger children. They simply want to...
Mar 7, 2018 | Man of the Household, Stress and Its Causes, Wednesday Quotes
“Choice is praised for being related to the right object.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I have spent a bit of time this week thinking about different kinds of stress. We feel stress when there is a conflict between things that we desire. What really...
Feb 28, 2018 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“A man is forced to make impossible choices among those desires.” Christopher Alexander, A Timeless Way of Building My wife and I were recently reflecting on a problem. There is so much visiting and hosting that we would like to do, and so little time in...
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