Being your best self

“There is a pervasive form of modern violence to which the idealist…most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a…

I spent a few days at the beach near Avon/Kinnakeet Shores, North Carolina. In the mornings, I combed the shoreline for seashells. Sitting quietly early one morning, I found myself surrounded by Atlantic ghost crabs, each cleaning out their daytime dens of sand. Once they…