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When decency is not decent

  In my previous post, I shared how Socrates and Plato taught that four virtues lead to true happiness: courage, moderation, wisdom, and justice. I believe in these virtues deeply, and I know many of you do, too. ​However, I’ve come to a painful realisation: not everyone shares a soul-deep longing for a world of harmony and reciprocal respect. We cannot ignore the reality that some individuals find a dark satisfaction in destruction, exploitation, and humiliation. It is a terrifying truth to witness. ​We see this reflected even on a national scale. Looking at the actions of governments in places like Russia or Israel, we are forced to confront state-sanctioned violence.  Some might say it is "racism" or "prejudice", but is it really? Or is it simply an honest witness to the unjustified violence happening in front of our eyes? And we "decent nations" do not react accordingly? ​I see a different kind of crisis in the USA. How did the "decent people...
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Weeks of "fire"

These have been two weeks of incredibly high temperature. June is never so hot! It was like being in July and August. 

But from today heavy rains are expected. Therefore today may become the worse day: when the fiery hot weather doesn't want to give in and fights its extreme battle to predominate.

On one side Summer is advancing with great boldness and on the other  dawn is receding. The earliest sun rising was at 5.36 (i.e. 4.36 solar time) on the equinox, the 21st of June. Now, on the last day of June it is already 4 minutes later, at 5.40 (4.40 solar time).

I get up very very early, usually at 5, but often even earlier, and I like to spy on the rising sun. For me it's an event that makes me happy. Especially in Spring when dawn comes earlier and earlier. 

Then the equinox arrives and the next cycle begins, with its slowing down. And somehow it's a paradox, because it is exactly when the strength of the sun is instead increasing! It feels strange inside... 


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