The Things I've Learned in a Year of Counterpoint: All Dissonance is Passing

Nothing more here than a few lessons I've learned in the last year...more to come in the next weeks, as well as explanations. This serves as filler while I prepare a sort of opus magnum over the next two weeks- a discussion of Christian morality, and Christian Anarchy.


Life is a lot like counterpoint, really. We often ask for it to be homophonic; planned, controlled, and worry when it isn't. Like isn't a chorale tune, though. Life is counterpoint. It swells, it fades, it conflicts and it inspires. And the first rule of counterpoint? All dissonance is passing. So sit back, and enjoy the ride. All things resolve.

A Few Other Lessons (bon mots):

Live your own dream; sing your own song.

Love cannot conquer all things; what makes it beautiful is that it doesn't need to.

Have grand dreams, but delight in small things.

Be mindful of what you fear; what you fear is what you worship.

Cynicism is a tool for a lazy thinker. It speaks loundly, but works little.
Criticism is silent, and acts swiftly and wisely.

The times when you feel most you cannot breathe are the times you need to step back and take a deep breath.

Every day, find something new that is beautiful, and learn to love it. A pebble, a blade of grass, a leaf, a star, a person. All life is wondrous, learn to see it as such.

Erkläret,
Benjamin