The days are flying by...

I feel as though I'm falling behind with everything except maybe work (and even there I have things on my to-do list which are sort of overdue).

Okay, friends. I've been reading LJs and the like, but sometimes I miss things, and sometimes people don't post about what's going on with them that's important.

What's going on in your lives? I can also make a post with screened comments, if you're feeling bashful or want something to stay private. :)

Once more, with feeling! Err, with comments screened.

What's going on with you these days, dear flist? Inquiring minds want to know. Comments are screened to protect the innocent and guilty alike. :)

On the moral obligation to speak up

This needs to be said, even though I'm pretty sure that my little corner of the internet doesn't intersect much with the much larger corner of the internet that has been in such turmoil lately.

Here it is: just because I am silent, does not mean I am not listening.

There is a certain virtue in understanding that one has nothing of real value or merit to add to a conversation (or debate, or topic), that has not been said before. There is a certain virtue in understanding that what one might have originally contributed is not necessarily right, or should even be said (again). There is a certain virtue in understanding that silence may be the best path to shedding preconceptions and arriving at a place of even better understanding.

I am silent, but not passive. I read, I think, I incoporate, and, ultimately, I learn. Sometimes, I think people underestimate this.