So well done Mike! Your essay evoked memories of two experiences from more than 30 years ago. The first occurred early in my career when as a young lawyer I became disenchanted with the billable hour. Aspiring to a better future, I attended a legal ethics seminar where I learned to my horror that the rates of substance abuse and depression were 2.5 times higher in the legal profession than all the other white collar professions combined. The seminar was taught by a wise elder (a law school professor) who I approached at the end of the session and asked what "advice he had for young lawyers just entering the profession." The professor responded "it (the state of the world) doesn't need to be this way." That sentence changed my life. A short time later, my wife (also a lawyer) became pregnant with our first child (our daughter who recently became the third lawyer in our family). When my wife told me that she was pregnant, my initial response was one of worry and concern. Surprised at my reaction, my wife asked "What's wrong - I thought you would be excited." My response: "I am excited BUT this new and innocent life that we are bringing into this world - we can't FXXK this up!" More than 30 years later, our daughter is now expecting her first child/our first grandchild. So steer we must - it is our duty to keep sailing toward a new and better horizon.
Mike, thank you for your labor in creating this architectural structure of truth. Your timely words remind me of Dr. Carl Jung, who spoke of the "transcendent third" born in the middle when one can hold the tension between two opposites. Also, Dr. Rudolf Steiner spoke of the magical love of the Cosmic Christ, who can bring to birth a new reality when one stands against two opposing forces that hinder humanity's progress. Thank you again for heralding forth light that cuts through the darkness of lies.
Perfectly formed and expressed. I will send this to my two stepchildren to help keep them oriented in a trajectory that opens out from a place they must claim, no matter how busy they are, so they can send their children into a future worth creating. ❤️🔥
So well done Mike! Your essay evoked memories of two experiences from more than 30 years ago. The first occurred early in my career when as a young lawyer I became disenchanted with the billable hour. Aspiring to a better future, I attended a legal ethics seminar where I learned to my horror that the rates of substance abuse and depression were 2.5 times higher in the legal profession than all the other white collar professions combined. The seminar was taught by a wise elder (a law school professor) who I approached at the end of the session and asked what "advice he had for young lawyers just entering the profession." The professor responded "it (the state of the world) doesn't need to be this way." That sentence changed my life. A short time later, my wife (also a lawyer) became pregnant with our first child (our daughter who recently became the third lawyer in our family). When my wife told me that she was pregnant, my initial response was one of worry and concern. Surprised at my reaction, my wife asked "What's wrong - I thought you would be excited." My response: "I am excited BUT this new and innocent life that we are bringing into this world - we can't FXXK this up!" More than 30 years later, our daughter is now expecting her first child/our first grandchild. So steer we must - it is our duty to keep sailing toward a new and better horizon.
Mike, thank you for your labor in creating this architectural structure of truth. Your timely words remind me of Dr. Carl Jung, who spoke of the "transcendent third" born in the middle when one can hold the tension between two opposites. Also, Dr. Rudolf Steiner spoke of the magical love of the Cosmic Christ, who can bring to birth a new reality when one stands against two opposing forces that hinder humanity's progress. Thank you again for heralding forth light that cuts through the darkness of lies.
This is beautiful. Powerful.
Very fine article. Our capacity for creative imagination from the loving ground of spirit, the eternal now, is what we most need to cultivate.
You bring me to tears
“Posterity is not the beneficiary. Posterity is the purpose.” Thank you for this profound insight!
Perfectly formed and expressed. I will send this to my two stepchildren to help keep them oriented in a trajectory that opens out from a place they must claim, no matter how busy they are, so they can send their children into a future worth creating. ❤️🔥
Tears of gratitude Mike. Renewed commitment to serve for my posterity
I think this crystallised a lot of what I've been grappling with for years now: that life is meaningful because we can make mistakes.