I spend a lot of time thinking about how to be better these days. By better I don't mean physically stronger, or more financially successful, or more popular with my peers... I think about how to be a better human. Beyond human, even... how to be a better "soul". I'm in my late 50's, and though throughout my life I've been fairly concious about how I conduct myself, I now think about it all the time. I could almost say I'm entering a "Buddhist-like" phase, where I feel uncomfortable being responsible for the death of anything... an animal for food, a tree (I build houses, so there is some conflict there), even an insect. I'm trying to write more, as I feel I have some basic mastery of words, and the topics will mostly array themselves around the concept of becoming "better".