Comments on: Taking a Sabbatical http://presentdaynomads.com/2010/08/08/lifes-funny-lessons/taking-a-sabbatical-2/ Inspiration for the New Digital Nomads and Location Independent Professionals Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rasheed http://presentdaynomads.com/2010/08/08/lifes-funny-lessons/taking-a-sabbatical-2/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Rasheed Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:42:49 +0000 http://presentdaynomads.com/?p=672#comment-761 Linda, What a pleasant surprise to hear from you. I am so glad you took time to connect here. The statement say "almost always" which means there is room for exception. AS for love and kindness, they are human emotions and feelings, not wisdom, and for morality and ethics, well, they have been the causes of more bloodshed in human history than any other. They are the weapons used by religious zealots. So I would have to disagree with you that they are necessarily wise when coming from conventional wisdom. A personal ethics based on love and kindness, the kind that over rules religious dogma and considers human spirit, is almost always against the conventional norm. So I stand by the statement that conventional wisdom is almost always wrong. I would go as far as saying it is an oxymoron. You know I have a great deal of respect for you as a friend and a human being, but your statement, ''A nomadic lifestyle is wonderful when you have or can create the freedom to do so" is a prime example of conventional wisdom. Nomadic lifestyle <strong>IS</strong>one of my passions, so do I follow it or wait for the right time? Rasheed Linda,

What a pleasant surprise to hear from you. I am so glad you took time to connect here.

The statement say “almost always” which means there is room for exception. AS for love and kindness, they are human emotions and feelings, not wisdom, and for morality and ethics, well, they have been the causes of more bloodshed in human history than any other. They are the weapons used by religious zealots. So I would have to disagree with you that they are necessarily wise when coming from conventional wisdom.

A personal ethics based on love and kindness, the kind that over rules religious dogma and considers human spirit, is almost always against the conventional norm.

So I stand by the statement that conventional wisdom is almost always wrong. I would go as far as saying it is an oxymoron.

You know I have a great deal of respect for you as a friend and a human being, but your statement, ”A nomadic lifestyle is wonderful when you have or can create the freedom to do so” is a prime example of conventional wisdom. Nomadic lifestyle ISone of my passions, so do I follow it or wait for the right time?

Rasheed

]]> By: Linda Carr http://presentdaynomads.com/2010/08/08/lifes-funny-lessons/taking-a-sabbatical-2/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Linda Carr Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:43:53 +0000 http://presentdaynomads.com/?p=672#comment-760 Rasheed - I read with interest your recent post. I think that sometimes we can think things through too deeply and not take them at face value. I disagree with the statement that 'conventional wisdom is almost always wrong'. There are things that change like the 'times', but not morality, kindness, love and ethics. A nomadic lifestyle is wonderful when you have or can create the freedom to do so. Follow your passions as those are the avenues you will excel in. Rasheed – I read with interest your recent post. I think that sometimes we can think things through too deeply and not take them at face value. I disagree with the statement that ‘conventional wisdom is almost always wrong’. There are things that change like the ‘times’, but not morality, kindness, love and ethics. A nomadic lifestyle is wonderful when you have or can create the freedom to do so. Follow your passions as those are the avenues you will excel in.

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