Look around you. It's too easy to take the miracle of production for granted, surrounded as we are by its output. But the people of the Renaissance, the first age of affluence, realized that goods are not easy to produce, and that a beautiful or helpful object is something in which to take pride. As anyone who has ever created a product knows, it's not easy to make something of value. If virtue is sound philosophy made real by action, then maybe a very well made product is spiritual value turned into material form.
Nothing can replace the human spirit.
But if you celebrate the well-made material things that surround you in the same way people did during the Renaissance, you will also be celebrating the spirit of achievement that made them possible. The Positive Press is produced by the Athens Institute , with the help of advertisers , sponsors , and contributors like you. Together, we have proudly become the most widely recognized and reviewed source of hope and inspiration on the Internet. Every Day, Positive Saying of the Day, and Historical Perspective are licensed trademarks, used by permission of the owner.