Thank you. There's so much in this worthy of consideration. I often think of how the degradation of our civilization is so fully linked to our relationship to words. It used to matter when someone - particularly a public servant, lied for instance, it was a stain on their character, that came with real consequence, and now we expect they will lie. The right use of words, how what we say is or isn't linked to what we do - when all that is no longer important, we've lost a fundamental piece of individual and social contracts. Now words are fully weaponized and politicized and used to obfuscate rather than clarify meaning. A sure sign we're at end of an age. I appreciate the post.
A favorite assertion I use: Grace and ease go before me and follow in my wake.
Thank you. There's so much in this worthy of consideration. I often think of how the degradation of our civilization is so fully linked to our relationship to words. It used to matter when someone - particularly a public servant, lied for instance, it was a stain on their character, that came with real consequence, and now we expect they will lie. The right use of words, how what we say is or isn't linked to what we do - when all that is no longer important, we've lost a fundamental piece of individual and social contracts. Now words are fully weaponized and politicized and used to obfuscate rather than clarify meaning. A sure sign we're at end of an age. I appreciate the post.
A favorite assertion I use: Grace and ease go before me and follow in my wake.
Wonderful. Thank you.
CD, I assume you've seen/read Newton's books?
https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Newton/e/B000APC05I?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1653337287&sr=8-3
"Mobil" is an anagram of "Limbo."
shared! thanks.