Betterment

"Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our rafts are checked… the human individual lives usually far within his limits."
- William James, The Energies of Men

This collection is about being more than than the halt, the lame, half-made creatures that we are. The greeks called it 'arete', others call it 'dharma'. We'll call it 'betterment'.

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Half Awake

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