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Follow-Up question: When love is declared the highest human aspiration, does it signify an absolute moral truth woven into existence itself, or merely a psychological refuge that gives shape to our longing for purpose amid suffering and impermanence?

“A thought transfixed me...The truth, that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
-Viktor Frankl (1905–1997)

The leaves are changing and my memories play like ending credits to a romantic, comedic tragedy. Evergreen and fading colors intermingled, the tears brought on by love and love lost. The magick pulses and the wheel turns. I let the emotions roll thru me. But not overtake me.

IMO, No, it is not contingent on relational utility. Your existence is enough. Always.

Follow-Up Question:
To what extent can the act of alleviating another’s suffering be seen as a validation of one’s own existence, and does this imply that human worth is contingent upon relational utility rather than inherent dignity or self-defined meaning?

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” - Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

If moral worth resides in the quiet act of doing good rather than in its acknowledgment, how might this redefine our understanding of purpose, ambition, and the need for legacy in a culture that prizes visibility over virtue?

“Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.” - Pythagoras (570–495 BC)

Follow up Question:

If happiness & love are the only true realities, does that render ambition, duty, and suffering mere illusion or do those very struggles deepen the meaning of love by providing contrast, shaping the fleeting moments that give life its fragile beauty?

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”

- Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), “War and Peace”

Urban Beauty

A splash of Fall

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After storm quiet.

Impermanence

Tidal windstorm
Splits trees and rock,
Yet cannot last a day.
So much less, man’s work.

Understanding the world’s ephemeral nature can be the biggest advantage of all.

Rituals were performed with joy and beauty this weekend. What an amazing affirming event as to why I am here and why I am still in this awesome fraternity. Heart is full.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers in my life.

To those daughters and sons who today is a painful reminder of mothers lost, or abusive mothers. I see you.

To those mothers who have lost their children way too early, I see you too.

You are all loved and not alone.

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour."
- William Blake

I miss the ocean.

Good morning

Don’t worry if you feel invisible sometimes; the magic chooses the shape, but you don’t need a false horn for the right people to recognize you. If I were blind, I would know who you are.

That old, dusty dirt road to no where.