Ordinary goodness: the surprisingly effortless path to creating a life of meaning and beauty

A role model for ordinary goodness

Author's note: about Meister Eckhart

Part one: ordinary goodness. The paradox of being ; Goodness as awe ; I didn't know what to do ; What would goodness do? ; Goodness as altruism ; When goodness is not enough ; Goodness as love and devotion

Part two: ordinary kindness. Kindness as guidance ; Kindness isn't weakness ; Goodness as kindness ; Kindness as attitude ; Kindness as a habit ; Kindness as listening generously

Part three: ordinary compassion. The compassion of wanting to understand ; The compassion of being there ; The compassion of caring about others' suffering ; The compassion of self-kindness ; The compassion of seeing people as they are

Part four: ordinary faith. Faith as an expectation of good ; Faith as something borrowed ; Finding faith when there's nothing left inside ; Faith as something earned ; Faith as something given ; Faith as something shared ; Faith as intuition

Part five: finding faith. Co-existence ; Mystery ; Polarities ; Divinity ; What do you believe? ; Postludes: be calm and carry on.