The goal of education in each century. 1st century - The cultivation of virtue 5th century - The cultivation of virtue 14th century - The cultivation of virtue 19th century - The cultivation of virtue 21st century - College and Career Readiness 🤦‍♂️

college is starting to look like a slow, expensive interface for information that is already free lol

it occurred to me that let there be light was the first prompt

If you suffer from rumination or can’t get over regrets I think your worst sin might be pride because to be stuck in regret is to think that you had full control over that past situation instead of thinking maybe you were never as powerful or intelligent or wise as you believed

I used to be entirely in the camp that said you should kick your kids out at 18 and force them to live independently and make their own way in the world. I don’t feel that way at all anymore. I want all my kids to live with us until they get married. Even after they’re married,

A cute reminder that your life’s importance, significance, meaning is exponentially greater than that of the cosmos themselves, for humans are the imagers of God, the creator of it all.

I guess what I've learned is you have to be more afraid of wasting your life than of embarrassing yourself

Wait a minute now. Out of all my years of making forts and nooks, I have never thought of this.

You used to have your bet ideas in the shower, now you have a waterproof speaker. You used to get lost in thought waiting for the train, now you have a phone to fill the gap. You used to daydream on long flights, now there's a screen in your hand and on the seat in front of you.

Murray Hill Guy Well we have these little copies of ourselves that run around the yard and say hilarious stuff and make every mundane errand a memorable adventure because they think bugs are their friends. So yeah it’s actually amazing

An old timer once told me "Son, people like us don't have people, we're the people that others have" And that hit hard

My guy, this is how we know we won at life.

I can tell that it’s causing discomfort when I refuse to look at my phone idly in public spaces. But I’m trying to bring back just looking around

I'm watching House and they just said the line "You can't be angry with God and not believe in Him at the same time." And I think that so many atheists and anti-Christian people need to hear that quote at least once. How can you be angry at something that you don't think exists?

Yessi

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced them that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them."