Beauty Will Save The World
"Beauty will save the world." - Dostoevsky - Today is my middle son's fourteenth birthday. A little over fifteen years ago, my wife and I shakingly made our way out of an OB/GYN office in downtown Chicago stunned with the news that the barely three-month-old baby inside her would live. A week earlier they'd told us the baby's heart rate indicated the pregnancy was unsustainable. We were at the office that day because they fully expected to do a procedure following the miscarriage. Instead, we discovered that not only was he alive, but his heart was strong and vibrant. I can still remember the way the cold and mist hit my face on that gloomy, cold December morning. I could smell woodsmoke in the air from somewhere. I found myself full of wonder at how the city lights provided a vibrant contrast to the grey sky. It was beautiful. All of it was beautiful. The ancient Greek phil...