Hubristic Pride

There are ideas that shout. Hubristic Pride is not one of them. It waits quietly until the day you need it.

The idea is simple, and like most simple ideas it is easy to nod at and hard to use. The nod is free. The use costs attention, every day, in small change.

An old house being emptied for sale teaches more than a philosophy seminar. Every drawer argues that things were never the point; every locked trunk disagrees.

In the end, life asks only whether we were awake while it happened. If this page made you think of one specific person, do not send it to them. Apply it to yourself first; that is how these things work.