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November 20, 2009

Let me tell you about my boat…

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In our house we use cloth diapers for our babies.

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But lately, as I’ve tried explaining to other people why we do it

I’m beginning to realize…

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that in today’s world “ease” has become almost like a virtue.

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and the choice to work harder than we have to

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makes us seem…well,

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a little strange.

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What am I to do about these people?

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I asked Nathan if “easy” could be a virtue.

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He said “no,”

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That “easy” was actually the opposite of a virtue,

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and by definition,

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virtue is difficult to achieve, that’s why it’s praiseworthy.

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It requires skill and practice.

But if you think about why we “work” and what we consider “work,”

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we mean, “make money.”

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And we make money, in order to make life easy…

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So it’s not hard to see how we might lose touch with the true meaning of virtue.

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Everyday, I ask myself, “What am I to do for these people?”

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I can make them cuffs

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but they have to accept them.

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and really, we are a little strange…

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but worth knowing.

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I fought in a war” by Belle and Sebastian

lveo. peace~ the travelingneighborhood

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