Daily Reflections - Roots

"I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them." A new voice arrives, a lens grinder from Amsterdam who polished ideas the way he polished glass: Baruch Spinoza. Ten lessons on naming an emotion until it loosens its grip, on joy as the feeling of becoming more alive, on hope and fear as secret twins, and on a wisdom that meditates on life, not on death. He spent his days grinding lenses. All of it was for seeing clearly.