Author: Dave Davis

As readers of this column might know, due to an unexpected housing situation, much of my time this past month has been spent sifting through dozens of plastic bins stored in the basement.  They’re bins that literally contain the effects of a lifetime. It clearly was a task that I’d been putting off for quite some time, not really wanting to ‘go there’ until it was necessary. There’s a wonderful

“When we enhance our sensitivity toward others’ suffering through deliberately opening ourselves up to it – it is believed that we can gradually extend out compassion to the point where the individual feels so moved by even the subtlest suffering of others that they come to have an overwhelming sense of responsibility toward those others.” Pictured Above: Montauk Food Pantry volunteers (l-r) Andy Harris, Sally Richardson, Jackie Tyrell, Alice Houseknecht,

by Dave Davis "The discovery of basic goodness is not a religious experience, particularly. Rather it is the realization that we can directly experience and work with reality, the real world that we are in. When we feel that our lives are genuine and good, we do not have to deceive ourselves or other people. The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up