This (and a lot of other reasons) is why I carry a handkerchief.

Maybe it’s my anarchism showing, but I’m not sure there’s ever really been a society full of justice and equality, or at least not for long.

When they’re curious and quick to acknowledge the limits of their own knowledge.

Someone who’s truly intelligent knows there’s always more they could learn, especially when it comes to their area of expertise.

As a little preface here, I teach philosophy and world religions at community colleges for a living, and so I spend a good bit of time reading texts from ancient cultures.

The relevant thing here being that it’s pretty common to find writings from just about every point in human history that talk about their own time as one of terrible injustice, iniquity, etc. often in ways that sound like they could have written today.

So, I’d wager it’s always been this way, and not just in the last century.

My local animal shelter. They brought me my best friend.