🕊️ The Simple Flame

September 15, 2025

TWO-MINUTE MONK
Ancient wisdom for modern life, every Monday.

🧘 Monk Thought

“What is beautiful is good,
and who is good will soon be beautiful.”

— Sappho

💡 Monk Light

Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos more than 2,500 years ago.

Her verses are mostly fragments now—shards of pottery carrying sparks of fire.

This one reminds us that beauty and goodness are not separate paths.

They meet in simplicity.

Goodness makes beauty visible.

Beauty draws us back to goodness.

It is not about symmetry or fashion.

It is about the quiet flame of a life lived well, shining outward.

Sappho (c. 630–570 BCE) was an ancient Greek poet.

👣 Monk Move

Today, choose goodness over appearance.

Kindness over polish.

Say softly:

“Goodness becomes beauty.”

And let that be enough.

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