November 2010
3 posts
“Maybe it’s not, in the end, the virtues of others that so wrenches our hearts as...”
– By Nightfall | Michael Cunningham (via deliberatepace)
Raskolnikov of Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment is my favorite literary character of all time. This explains that.
Lessons.
Once upon a time, I thought that things never changed. Now I know different.
1. We are our perspective. Our vision is a choice. What we see defines what we are, where we go, and who keeps us company along the way.
2. Rational thought can be taught.
3. Things happen. We feel. We react. Our control lies only in our reactions.
4. Everything is temporary.
5. Nothing is promised.
6. Blame is...