Adverse conditions are our spiritual teacher, sages say. That’s why we might consider kissing Trump’s ring. You know, metaphorically speaking. Few people have made our nation so dangerous and our government so mean-spirited. Few people, therefore, have obliged us so strongly to engage in one of life’s most important activities––sharpening our sense of:
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- What’s essential, what we cannot live without.
- The values we hold sacred.
- Who we aspire to be or die trying, no matter what.
- And, given our answers (for ourselves individually, and for the world), the healthiest action we can take now.
Trump may be over the moon nuts, a crackpot extraordinaire with no ethical center, as trustworthy as a brain surgeon with hiccups, but anybody who prompts us to pay attention to considerations that help define the well-being of every person on earth is useful, if not enjoyable.
