1. Work + mental health 2. Judging people 3. Knowing it all 4. Letters from listeners! Four huge ones, but don't worry, we almost dent the surface.

Work
Good to have a role. Structure is connection. People on Joe's psych ward, dosed with news, nothing to do. Some have too much. Work with fair rewards, dignity, autonomy, meaning, and time away!

Judging people
Joe says Sam doesn't judge that much. Joe judged two Gertrude St tiny dog yuppies, then a lady with a lot of work done, but saw that it's hard for her too. We love you, Toorak lady. It's not easy 

It doesn't matter who you are or how much you have, everyone has a hard road (Dylan's grandma)

Maybe we judge when threatened or insecure. Maybe Sam is a lucky bastard doesn't have to deal with difficult people. 

Ram Dass - we look at trees without judgement, but judge people. People are like trees. Some get more water, light, nutrients, shelter than others. Life bends us all.

Men are born soft and supple
 dead, they are stiff and hard
 Plants are born tender and pliant
 dead, they are brittle and dry

Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
 is a disciple of death
 Whoever is soft and yielding
 is a disciple of life

The hard and stiff will be broken
 The soft and supple will prevail

Tao te Ching 76

Trying to know everything

Sam Harris: reach exceeds his grasp. Joe says good meditation app. Free for low-income, grab that

Sam Ellis: showing off is fun. Bigging yourself up is hard work. It destroys your peace. The world needs knowing, so we can help it. So many clever people. Let's learn from them

Why seek knowledge, if not to act? Joe's Jabiluka/refugee arrests are behind him for now

The more I see, the more I know, the more I know, the less I understand - Paul Weller - Changingman

Slavoi Zizek - Don't act, think

Letters 1. No hope or fear, how do we act? Hope and fear agitate us. Aim for peace

Success is as dangerous as failure
 Hope is as hollow as fear

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Both praise and shame
 invite anxiety and fear
 Serving one’s ego
 only leads to a fiasco

Tao te Ching 13

Tao in You - help with fear and anxiety

Desires of the belly: easy. Desires of the mind: impossible.

We act out of ignorance, passion or goodness

2. Men, feelings, talk. Footy helps. Can we chat without gender?

Zen + the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

If there's something inside that you wanna say
 You can say it out loud, it'll be okay
 I will be your light Dry the Rain - Beta Band Spotify

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Musical theme by maestro Ehsan Gelsi recorded live at the Melbourne Town Hall