It Is A Temple

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 1 p.m.

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The house is noisy. It is messy. It is expensive, and not easy to maintain. It\\u2019s filled with toys, and sharp Legos that you step on in the middle of the night. It\\u2019s dirty. It\\u2019s got one obligation after another.

And yet it\\u2019s wonderful\\u2026so, so wonderful. The whole job of it. The whole mess of it. \\u201cWe must think of ourselves as ministers and priests in our own house as in a temple,\\u201d the Stoic philosopher Hierocles once said, \\u201cchosen and consecrated to nature itself.\\u201d

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