My Aunt’s funeral is over and according to popular wisdom I have said my goodbyes and should move on, but I don’t want to rush forward yet. As they say, life goes on; and at this time of year, life is relentless. Toseland is seemingly trapped in a non-stop round of parties and dinners, catching up with…
How Not to Regret Your Life…
My Aunt’s funeral is this week, and as you can imagine that sort of thing makes you think a little more about the prospect of your own death and what you have done with your life. It makes you wonder how not to regret your life. Coincidentally, I was listening to an old Fizzle podcast…
The Ghosts of Christmas Past are Alive in the Supermarket
I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the ghosts of Christmas past are sneaking up on us again. Perhaps if I left the house more often I would have noticed the relentless build up sooner, but writing and its spin-off businesses are generally solitary home body occupations. When I was younger I was right…
Wibbly Wobbly Family Timey Wimey
We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in (as opposed to our hometown, where we live now). The principle purpose of our trip was, of course, to visit our respective aging parents who have assorted medical problems, and are approaching the time when we don’t know when/if will be the last time we see…
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship: #3 Family
Before we get to planning for family let’s do a quick recap. The virtue of friendship relates to the development of excellence in relationships, and this combines aspects of household, relationships and spirit as a result of the values rethink. We’ve done some analysis and found that a friendship is a mutually beneficial relationship that has developed…
Planning for the Virtue of Friendship
I know I promised I’d get into planning for friendship with creatures in this post, but as I got going I realised I had to talk about what friendship is before I could talk about how that relates to things that are not people (as shown in the revised virtues table shown below.) Friendship I…
Value #3: Reassuring Relationships
At this point. I have decided that flourishing is my main goal, followed by a safe and secure shelter in the form of a happy household. My next requirement is for relationships. Like John Donne, I don’t believe that people can exist independent of each other. At the very least we have a family, but most of us choose…