Written By Cambria
Jan. 20, 2019, 1:18 p.m.(6/4/1010 AR)
Pitiful is an experience, wretched is a disposition.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 20, 2019, 1:05 p.m.(6/4/1010 AR)
Patriotism, properly understood, is a loyalty to the citizens who came before you. The emotional draw is gratitude for what they bequeathed. That implies a duty to preserve it for the next generation. If citizenship is just a meaningless transaction, then those citizens who came before us are no more important than the next guy who wanders over from Gods know where. Put another way: our ancestors would be strangers and so would our decedents, no different from the individual of a foreign nation. What possible reason would anyone have to be loyal to strangers?
Written By Cambria
Jan. 20, 2019, 12:43 p.m.(6/4/1010 AR)
The most deadly seducer is the one that encourages conformity.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 15, 2019, 10:57 p.m.(5/15/1010 AR)
History provides abundant evidence that when, in our selfishness, ignorance and delusion, we do not distinguish between who people are and what they believe, tyranny is sure to follow.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 13, 2019, 2 a.m.(5/8/1010 AR)
Some of our greatest challenges as a people are dilemmas in which there is no right thing to do. By right, what I mean here is a course of action that is without suffering or tragedy. Again, to quote the good Ostrian Seraph, "the ends of men and women are many, and not all of them are in principle compatible with each other. Therefore, the possibility of conflict, as well tragedy, can never wholly be removed from our lives, be it personal or social." I strive to keep a realistic perspective that may allow for a finer and more temperate understanding of the many difficult issues we face. If I can do that, then I should be able to conduct myself with greater civic virtue.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 13, 2019, 1:48 a.m.(5/8/1010 AR)
If we cry like children for the moon, like children we must cry on.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 12, 2019, 8:05 p.m.(5/7/1010 AR)
It is one of the fundamental principles of political philosophy that politics is not a place for good individuals. On the contrary, the world being what it is, politics requires bad ones. We should recognize that we mortals are inexhaustible in our potential to do both good and evil, and lest we be hypocrites (the tendency to which is powerful in selfish Man), we must not be harder on others than we are on ourselves. That last clause seems a truism, I know, but, in the words of the Seraph of Ostria, "men and women more frequently require to be reminded than informed."
Written By Cambria
Jan. 5, 2019, 12:11 a.m.(4/19/1010 AR)
I was one of the many public voices concerning the Telmar-Bliss event. Considering that it has come to its close, it would be remiss of me not to make a final statement as well. When I made my thoughts known, there were those who questioned why I, or House Mazetti, should have any such opinions when we were not directly involved. My answer in private was this: because the response from House Telmar involves everyone. My belief was that their choice could effect both commoners and the Peerage, even if indirectly, and even if it took years.
I do not believe I was wrong to hold that view. Before us is an Assembly of Peers during which we will host the representatives of two foreign powers, each wildly different from us. We cannot yet know what their arrival will portend for us, but what we can say is that in spite of that, and in spite of the many hardships and travails we have faced in the past years, House Telmar reinforced their word, their honor, and the ideals the Faith teaches to value and uphold. Whether one is a noble lord or or a humble cobbler, you can look to House Telmar and know that they will endeavor to do the right thing, no matter that is difficult or unwelcome.
I would have taken the same stance were it a different House; were it someone other than Bliss. If one cannot understand how what was in question was and is important to us as a society, then I am uncertain how else to explain it. Ultimately, however, it ended positively, and I am glad to see it done.
I do not believe I was wrong to hold that view. Before us is an Assembly of Peers during which we will host the representatives of two foreign powers, each wildly different from us. We cannot yet know what their arrival will portend for us, but what we can say is that in spite of that, and in spite of the many hardships and travails we have faced in the past years, House Telmar reinforced their word, their honor, and the ideals the Faith teaches to value and uphold. Whether one is a noble lord or or a humble cobbler, you can look to House Telmar and know that they will endeavor to do the right thing, no matter that is difficult or unwelcome.
I would have taken the same stance were it a different House; were it someone other than Bliss. If one cannot understand how what was in question was and is important to us as a society, then I am uncertain how else to explain it. Ultimately, however, it ended positively, and I am glad to see it done.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 3, 2019, 5:36 p.m.(4/17/1010 AR)
One thing I have learned from asking people why they engage in mean gossip about this week's most celebrated model, political enemy, or other figure whom they do not like, they will inevitably tell you they disapprove of some particular bad behavior the person in question is alleged to have been involved in. Few, however, take the trouble to examine contexts with rigor, thoroughness, and disinterestedness. The possibility that the accused might be innocent usually gets little consideration. After all, in general, we mortals are hypocrites and pretenders, only too happy to wax indignant about things that, when we ourselves and/or our intimates do them, inspire no indignation whatsoever.
Written By Cambria
Jan. 3, 2019, 5:20 p.m.(4/17/1010 AR)
If you observe social interactions closely, you may notice that people constantly (mis) perceive others in terms of their own interests. This is simply how the mind works. More often than not, it happens unawares, and involves not a little distortion and delusion.
After all, our natural primary inclination is to assert our will, for our will to be done in every situation.
After all, our natural primary inclination is to assert our will, for our will to be done in every situation.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 27, 2018, 5:26 p.m.(4/3/1010 AR)
Much of the time, pride and humility are like two sides of the same coin. When we are humbled by those who have done us good, we may resent them because to be humbled can seem a wound to our pride. And for their part, humble men and women, as some Scholars point out, may be proud to be seen as such by others.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 23, 2018, 11:38 a.m.(3/22/1010 AR)
Some people grow weak in the face of adversity. They wilt. Others are strengthened by it.
The vows I made are vows I shall keep.
The vows I made are vows I shall keep.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 18, 2018, 10:01 p.m.(3/13/1010 AR)
I had a terrible nightmare of my uncle's death. I awoke to something more terrible, though: that he is already lost to me.
Like so many others.
Like so many others.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 16, 2018, 7:04 p.m.(3/8/1010 AR)
Sent those Guardians who were out of doors when this strange snow began to fall to the House physician. Better safe than sorry.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 14, 2018, 9:54 p.m.(3/5/1010 AR)
Words possess a powerful charm.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 10, 2018, 10:24 p.m.(2/25/1010 AR)
It has been one of those days where I have found myself dwelling upon those no longer in my life.
Closure only happens in stories.
Closure only happens in stories.
Written By Cambria
Dec. 1, 2018, 6:46 p.m.(2/6/1010 AR)
It is important to understand that thoughts and ideas should only be made available to others, to learn and apply to their own lives as they may choose, rather than impose them on the world around you, even if you deeply believe that they are important.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 23, 2018, 10:23 p.m.(1/18/1010 AR)
It is right to pay heed to the stories of our people, for that is how we learn who we are and what is required of us.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 22, 2018, 7:52 p.m.(1/16/1010 AR)
People speak of ill luck. Mischance. They speak of unruly spirits and vengeful gods. And some speak of the idea that the world and all life in it is nothing but a blind concatenation of random occurrences. Cause and effect do nothing but map out the absurdity of things, before which even the gods are helpless.
Written By Cambria
Nov. 20, 2018, 6:04 p.m.(1/12/1010 AR)
Relationship Note on Daemon
Grief is an intensely personal thing. Some might believe it brings others together, but nothing could be further from the truth. If you are uncertain as to this truth, all one need do is skim the recent journals. People may share grief at the same time, but for everyone is it unique. There is nothing wrong with this.
I do grieve for the loss of Sir Daemon. I grieve for the many things I did not say, or did not do. I grieve because I will miss him, and because I feel as though I failed him. Yet to write over long on these things in a public manner, in my opinion, serves only to call attention to myself, and not the soul who has returned to the Wheel.
The knight that I knew was a kind man, of gentle demeanor and good humor. He did not shrink from adversity or challenge, and never hesitated to grab the handle of a broom over the hilt of a sword. He loved, loved, loved milk and cookies, and pie, and basically any sweet treat you might send him. I tried not to indulge that sweet tooth, though. Instead I asked if he would care to walk with me in the mornings, and he happily consented. In fact, he would often walk with me, no matter how early I called upon him to do so.
I will always remember Sir Daemon, and I choose to remember him with joy.
I do grieve for the loss of Sir Daemon. I grieve for the many things I did not say, or did not do. I grieve because I will miss him, and because I feel as though I failed him. Yet to write over long on these things in a public manner, in my opinion, serves only to call attention to myself, and not the soul who has returned to the Wheel.
The knight that I knew was a kind man, of gentle demeanor and good humor. He did not shrink from adversity or challenge, and never hesitated to grab the handle of a broom over the hilt of a sword. He loved, loved, loved milk and cookies, and pie, and basically any sweet treat you might send him. I tried not to indulge that sweet tooth, though. Instead I asked if he would care to walk with me in the mornings, and he happily consented. In fact, he would often walk with me, no matter how early I called upon him to do so.
I will always remember Sir Daemon, and I choose to remember him with joy.
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