ANGeL

[arisbe]

A comment by weret_hekau went me back to ANGeL, "A Network for Grateful Living." Brother David's five steps give you an idea of the grateful lifestyle:

The five steps I am suggesting here are small, but they work. It helps that they are small: anyone can take them.

• Say one word today that gives a fearful person courage.


• Calmly hold someone's hand today and spread calm.


• Look a stranger in the eyes today and realize that there are no strangers.


• Give someone an unexpected smile today and so contribute your share to peace on earth.


• Listen to the news today and put at least one item to the test of Common Sense.

-- David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

The first four suggestions are wonderful, but I believe that Common Sense is neither as common nor as sensible as it's supposed to be. It is simply what the individual was told before developing critical faculties, so it seems "obvious."

Common Sense

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

Tom Paine had a different view of it, as did the philosophers Reid, Stuart, and Peirce.

As my grandmother is reported to have put it, Don't believe anything you hear -- and only half of what you see.

I think Bro. David means, Question what you are told.

We need to hear that now.