the moral bucket list

This is circling our staff like lightening. Starts with a simple vision about a person who radiates an inner light. They are not thinking of themselves at all, but looking after others. The "sadder thought" is that "I have not achieved that." Hooray for that sad thought! What better motivation to move in that direction, through

• humility
• confronting weakness
• depending on others
• energizing love
• following the call and
• taking the conscience leap from "neediness into constancy"

This NYT op-ed article is an excerpt from David Brooks' "The Road to Character."