Filling the empty cup of the heart . . .

Sunday, March 22, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . A breezy, sunny day is in the forecasts for Green Country today with the heat easing a bit in TulseyTown. Moderate Southerlies are to become strong Northerlies in the mid-afternoon with 90's dropping into the low 70's and then 60's in the evening.

So much of our growth on the spiritual path comes not from gaining new knowledge but from remembering what we’ve always known but have forgotten.

In these times, as when Adam Smith wrote, it is important to remind ourselves of the revolutionary notion at the heart of Smith’s opus—that the wealth of a nation is measured not by its accumulated riches, but by the productivity and living standards of all its people. – Robert Reich, On Smith's 250th Anniversary, substack 3.17.26

That said, it's worth noting that the “productivity and living standards” of Americans is taking a big hit due to Trump's war. It's ugly and likely to get uglier. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Decency died. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Tyranny cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to it. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 3.22.26

Billy Collins commemorates his 85th turn about the sun today. The U.S. Poet Laureate (2002-2003) was born in 1941 New York City.

Carbon Dating

He tried it once
as a last resort,
but most of the women
were a million years old.

– Billy Collins, “Carbon Dating,” from Musical Tables: Poems. Random House, 2022.

Prayer: there is something about stepping lightly aside and allowing the grace of the present moment to fill the empty cup of the heart. --- Mirabai Starr, How I Pray.