I watched naked mole rats; they’re now my favorite animal, but they reminded me of a story about young boys caught on an island who become beasts. The problem was that they hadn’t attended Sunday School often enough or discuss with their elders the eternal law of self-love.
They hadn’t begun to practice the small difficulties of standing alone and willingly giving everything they owned for others and piece by piece receiving the great self-expanding joy in return.
Many people today appear to be adults, but have also never attended these meetings of self-structure. They can put on pretty and costly clothes but these kinds of things never cause love of any kind. These people appear to be “adults” so we assume they speak wisdom while holding a political office and we allow beasts to lead us.  nancymauerman.com