Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"Another responsibility upon all adults is to fearlessly examine the facts of their lives, to confront whether they are in deed living in accord with their values, and to strive earnestly to bring their way of living into accord with their values.

"So the question before you is, 'What are your values?' [...] What, in your mind, constitutes a life well lived?"

        -- siderea, 2003-12-14

I wasn't sure whether it worked better with or without the elided text: complete, it's more powerful but not quite as universal. But still close enough to being universal that maybe I should've left it. So I'm hedging my bets by putting the complete version of the second paragraph here behind the cut-tag:

So the question before you is, "What are your values?" Do you value authenticity in being? If you value being authentic in the expression of yourself, then, as I see it, you have a positive moral responsibility to incorporate your artistic side into your modus vivendi, as a regular practice. Do you value art as a human endeavor? Do you value creativity? Do you value playfulness? Do you value self-improvement through application and study? What, in your mind, constitutes a life well lived?