Hara

Look up at the sky tonight. The moon and stars you see are the same ones that every person before you looked at. Your parents. Your grandparents. Alexander the Great. Marcus Aurelius. Seneca. Take a moment to pause and close your eyes. You will feel the connection.

Give good people all the time in the world. Give the bad ones a shot too…they might surprise you.

“There is no virtue in advertising one’s sadness. But there is no wisdom in denying it either. And there is the beautiful possibility that great love can grow out of sadness if it is well-tended. Sadness can make us bitter or wise. We get to choose.” - Alan Levi

“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” — adapted from William Wordsworth

A reflection on the myth of life being short, inspired by the summer solstice. forgeofman.ca/life-is-not-sh…

Some lessons...courtesy of cherry blossoms. Full article in link: forgeofman.ca/cherry-blossom…

Live is not measured by material things, but by the imprint we make on the hearts of others. A story of love and legacy, told through leaves. Full article at forgeofman.ca/the-money-plan…

"I think we were always meant to be nomads." They say home is where the heart is, but perhaps it's where the heart takes you. Dedicated to all those who left their homes and all they ever knew, in search of a better life. forgeofman.ca/nomads/

It all falls apart when the credibility you worked so tirelessly to build gets systemically dismantled by your own degeneracy fueled by ignorance and arrogance.

When you get to the age where the people you thought were invincible when you were a child begin to pass away - that is when your own mortality begins to really set in.

In a world full of absurdity and ridiculousness beyond measure, being outraged should be replaced with being outside.

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad

The over-amplified opinions of under-qualified people are one of the biggest societal problems we face today.

"If you look carefully, everyone is pretending." - Hafez

Our ability to identify right from wrong is outstanding, but our willingness to support right and speak up against wrong is embarrassing.

With the passing of each generation, we lose a piece of our personal histories, simply because we were too busy to ask questions.

He who is good simply because it is the right thing to do, not to win favour of a God or out of fear of incurring his wrath... He is the definition of a good human being.

Every book is an adventure.

Writing is one of the most under appreciated forms of therapy.

Quick to record and even quicker to post on social media - a society which has forgotten its humanity and traded in its empathy for a dopamine rush.

A person who genuinely strives to help their fellow humans in any way possible is closer to God than the person who can recite line after line of scripture to perfection.