Breadcrumbs - by Simon Sarris - The Map is Mostly Water
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One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
thinly separated thoughts One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously. The novice of virtue is tempted by dreams of heroic acts, just as the novice sculptor daydreams of palatial monuments, or other grand work. But the master sculptor is extraordinary not because he has been commissioned for monumental bronzes (which may never happen), but because he labors over every small detail. Virtue should not be thought of as a handmaid of heroism, but instead as an undercurrent of everything one does. Day-to-day matters are more important than…
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