When Parents Die, All Of The Partings

Human Beings Tend To Regard The Conventions Of Their Own Societies As Natural, Often As Sacred.

Often Continuity Is Visible Only In Retrospect.

I Had Repeatedly Accepted Inappropriate Burdens, Stepping In To Do What Needed To Be Done. In Retrospect, I Think I Carried Them Well, But The Cost Was That I Was Chronically Overloaded, Weary, And Short Of Time For Politicking, Smoothing Ruffled Feathers, And Simply Resting.

Fluidity And Discontinuity Are Central To The Reality In Which We Live.

The Capacity To Combine Commitment With Skepticism Is Essential To Democracy.