How to Live a Life In Accordance With Your Personal Values

It’s never too late to change your path

Image by Walter Rhein

Every now and then I feel a shift in the atmosphere. Today, I noticed that there was a heavy amount of despair in the comments and articles of people I follow.

I think every now and then it’s important to put aside all your fears and take stock of the real situation. Ultimately, we are in a confrontation with hate. Hatred is a seductive force that gives the illusion of power but is only capable of destruction.

We must be ever vigilant. We must fortify ourselves so that we might become deliberate champions of decency.

Hatred is often born of ignorance. Sometimes it is cultivated through lies. In other instances, it is the result of deliberate malice.

I think it’s important that we categorize the form of the opposition we encounter or else we can feel overwhelmed. When all the various manifestations of hate are taken together, they combine to create the illusion of an insurmountable obstacle. We’re tempted to give up.

Above all, that’s the impulse we must resist.

If you categorize the different forms of deceit, you begin to perceive a passage through. We must be deliberate in thinking about the ways humans are forced to succumb…