Over the past year or so I have become reading-disabled due to AMD, and I have found that this, too, can be a source of gratitude. Listening turns out to be more enjoyable than reading has been for me in years. Music has become more central to my daily life — a shift I had long wished for but that never seemed to materialize on its own. Learning by ear was always my favored method, and now it is quite essential. And I find myself relying more on friends, which has brought us closer together. For all of these things, I am grateful.
“With great power comes great responsibility”—but the power tends to arrive as a wound first, and the thread grows from that wound.
As I move through my 78th year here on earth, the truth of this statement is finally becoming apparent. I can see these things in myself, and I can see these things in others. In an odd way, this realization has a calming effect. Perhaps it’s the lesson I’ve come here to learn. It’s a little late, but better now than never. Thanks for writing this post.
Over the past year or so I have become reading-disabled due to AMD, and I have found that this, too, can be a source of gratitude. Listening turns out to be more enjoyable than reading has been for me in years. Music has become more central to my daily life — a shift I had long wished for but that never seemed to materialize on its own. Learning by ear was always my favored method, and now it is quite essential. And I find myself relying more on friends, which has brought us closer together. For all of these things, I am grateful.
This is incredible! I love pieces that draw connections between different schools of philosophy and this one is particularly powerful
“With great power comes great responsibility”—but the power tends to arrive as a wound first, and the thread grows from that wound.
As I move through my 78th year here on earth, the truth of this statement is finally becoming apparent. I can see these things in myself, and I can see these things in others. In an odd way, this realization has a calming effect. Perhaps it’s the lesson I’ve come here to learn. It’s a little late, but better now than never. Thanks for writing this post.