This practical advice today from Max Ehrman’s Desiderata:
“Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.”
I wrote recently about the concept of “disordered affections.” It occurs to me that “heroism” is a reordering of affections to put someone/something in front of me. So yes, rushing into a burning building is heroism, but so is smiling at the “Will Work for Food” guy on the corner, regardless of whether or not you hand him a dollar. So is donating money I could spend on myself, or spending time working for this or that good cause. So is showing up. So is listening when I want to speak. So is staying when I want to leave….
Indeed, life IS “full of heroism” – really full.
It occurs to me... 