apropos hedonism: no, I am not popping chilled grapes into my mouth that my slaves have just picked...
It is more at the French passe-temps idea, how do you fill the void and the time? (answer: by loving, in all its manifestations?) Not helping this is my German background, which has a certain Hans Beinholtz character to it...
I would like to show my kids a positive way of living, with passion, and interest, and kindness, and intelligence, and truth, and strength, and beauty, and ethics, and gentleness, and poetry, and books, and gardens, and creativity, and environmentalism, and righteous anger, etc etc. Does the passion for something come out of our actively assigning it to the something or does it arise more spontaneously? That is, do we decide or is it decided for us?
Action: helped French friend set up a weight lifting machine last night, then hung out, playing music, talking and drinking wine.
Action tonight: there is an interesting sounding lecture on Sicily, in a nearby town, so I'll go there instead of yoga.
Luke
M58, xW54 S22, D18 M 1984, D 2016 Living a new life.
