Month: October 2016
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Friluftsliv
Post Views = 4081 I love learning new words. And this is one I just learned. Friluftsliv (free-loofts-liv) is Norwegian, and it literally means “free air life.” But what it is really trying to convey is a whole philosophy about embracing nature. It is the concept that returning to nature is returning home. I want to…
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The Difficulty of Mercy
Post Views = 2634 I have a hard time with mercy. Why? Because I want justice. Justice is easy to understand. I can get my head around it. It makes things neat and organized, black and white. I can come up with a list of rules to follow, which determine who’s in and who’s out,…