The compounding benefits of reading, writing here, sitting and talking with another human being about good stuff, the deep stuff, the stuff that matters. I’m experiencing these benefits.
Again with the lessons taught long ago but finally becoming evident. “The first thing to go is the reading.” “Don’t talk to yourself, talk to God.” “God is not enough. You must have human help.” “We are slow learners and quick forgetters. That’s why you need the daily maintenance.”
It’s not a coincidence that these emergent truths came from old men. It’s not an accident that these truths, delivered to a younger me, took so long to become real to me.
Humility. Action, not intellect. But intellect is useful! Open-mindedness.