Tuesday, September 06, 2022

Creating a moral, compassionate, brave and principled life

If we are adults with moral awareness, we are responsible for our decisions. 

And when we see our lives more like an organic act which we are called to create, rooted in increasing moral and compassionate understanding, and less like a script we need to follow, we are more fully free to grow in wisdom and comprehension (though following a  script initially may appeal to us more because it requires far less of us).

It is certainly easier to learn a role or a part that someone has handed to us than it is to create a life based upon an evolving foundation of truth seeking. 

But it is the latter that is ultimately more likely to foster greater moral courage, comprehension, and a thoughtfully principled life.

And so questions are good, changing moral understanding and evolving enlightenment is hopefully life-long, agency is important, and kindness towards others who are on their own version of such learning processes is essential.