Over the past few months I’ve posted virtues associated with humanity, community and kindness. There’s one more set of virtues to share, those associated with journeying. Here’s a recap of all the virtues. Recall that these virtues are things that … Continue reading
Self-sufficiency, oneness, networks, expectations and kindness are all virtues in their own. They all are right, how we were meant to behave starting out as an altruistic species. They all are good, providing an immediate benefit to an individual’s quality … Continue reading
Before I left to hike across the country I drafted a book, yet to be published, called The Five Forgotten Truths. With a little moderation those five truths are the five humanity virtues I just covered. A coworker pointed out … Continue reading
I covered Health and Happiness as a virtue in an earlier post. I mentioned that some of the things that contributed to Happiness were proper diet, sufficient exercise, low stress and a social network. Early nomadic societies, and some modern … Continue reading
Community and communal can mean many things. Communal in the natural sense of how most early nomadic society behaved can be viewed as similar to fraternal. People were heavily dependent on each other to survive and displayed the responsibility to … Continue reading
Egalitarian may be the hardest natural virtue for people to accept. Civilization is rife with hierarchies in government, religion and business. Two people meet and sometimes they establish a social hierarchy between them. Yet often two people meet and no … Continue reading
There are a lot things to which we might belong in civilization. We might belong to nation states, corporations, political parties, ideologies, interest groups or material things. By belonging to them they possess us, influence our thoughts, our actions, our … Continue reading
In the previous post I listed five virtues of humanity, meaning, there are five attributes that are right and good about how most of us are meant to be under natural conditions. The first of these attributes is Autonomy. Under … Continue reading
Before the journey across the country I wrote a book, not yet published, called The Five Forgotten Truths. Those truths are really virtues, what is right and good for most humans under natural conditions. I will go into each virtue … Continue reading
Most people have seen a food pyramid indicating the proportions of different types of food we should eat. At the bottom of the pyramid, indicating the food we should eat the most, are fruits and vegetables. There are a variety … Continue reading
