WORLD SOLIDARITY
“Time is the most valuable thing a person can spend” Theophrastus. My dear young friends — and everyone who seeks to live with meaning, I have walked a long road. I have seen seasons change, people arrive and depart, mistakes made and repaired. If there is one thing I would wish to hand to you,…
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In the amber hush of an autumn afternoon, when the light leans low and the world has learned the shape of endings and continuations, Nature — who has watched the ages fold like pages — raised a voice gentle as wind through dry leaves. The forest, fields, and city streets listened as if they were…
To be or not to be? That is the question—and it has never felt more urgent. The destruction of the rules that once held the world order together became painfully real with the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This terrible moment did not fall from the sky; it was brought about by all…
On the Other Side of Focus. The other night, the world couldn’t look away from a “kiss cam” spectacle that went viral: couples caught on screen suddenly recoiling, twisting away as if they’d been caught committing a crime. Headlines blared about their shame, their panic, their very human discomfort—in reality, we were watching a mirror…
Lessons from Isobel. Sometimes a chance meeting and conversation teaches more than any textbook. I met Isobel once, and talking with her about the simple things in life prompted me to think deeply about what it truly means to survive. Her small house on the outskirts of the city, where she cares for a riot…
In the modern world, it seems counterintuitive to claim that war is the result of pacifism. Yet history and reality whisper the same truth over and over: behind every conflict lies not just an aggressor—but a crowd of well-meaning bystanders, chanting peace, who, through their passivity and fear of responsibility, enabled the very horror they…
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