What Contemplation Is and its Effects (Quotes Vol. 11)

From Facebook, Instagram, and X this week: You must be simple, affable, and kind… Be human, charitable, and always joyful. You must always laugh, even in saying the simplest things. I, as you can see, laugh all the time, showing my bad teeth. Laughter sets the other person at ease. It brings people closer together and helps them better …

Sacred Hospitality

I was reading an article on a travel blog about hospitality: The world is big, and mankind has progressed in many ways over the centuries.  However, in some ways we have grown more paranoid, and less hospitable.  As religion slowly fades away, so do the moral codes people used to live by.  In the United …