I left my comfortable life in the city, sold my house, quit my job, and went to the woods because I wished to strip away the superfluous, to lay bare the marrow of existence and to ask of life what it had to teach. In those quiet hours by the…
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Do You Work or Do You Have a Job?
There is a distinction between having a job and working. The difference may seem subtle at first glance, but it is fundamental. A job is a position assigned within an economic system, a function performed in exchange for money. Work, however, is an act of creation, a process of bringing…
Service to Others is the Highest Calling
The highest calling of human existence is service—an obligation that binds each of us, not by choice, but by the mere fact of our being. It is not a contract entered into freely, nor an act of benevolence extended from the surplus of our kindness. It is, rather, the recognition…
Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” – in his own words?
It is often said that suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition. But what is suffering, if not the test that reveals whether a man has discovered meaning in his life? In the darkest depths of my own experience, I found that man is not destroyed by suffering…
Consume Only That Which Nourishes
To consume only that which nourishes—this is not a rule of moderation, nor a counsel of mere prudence, but a moral necessity. If we are to live in accordance with truth, if we are to preserve within ourselves the integrity of the soul, we must recognize that every act of…
The Cost of Convenience: Reclaiming What We Lost
In the years following the great war, a change swept across our land. Men and women, once masters of their own fates, began to lean on others for the tasks they once held dear. The farmer’s plow rusted in the field; the craftsman’s tools gathered dust. With each passing day,…
True Meaning in Life is Found in Giving, Not Taking
As we have discussed before, the human condition is characterized by a relentless search for meaning. Across cultures and epochs, people have wrestled with questions about their purpose, their place in the universe, and the legacy they hope to leave behind. Despite the diversity of answers offered by philosophy, religion,…
The Allegory of Untruth
In the dim glow of a neon skyline, the inhabitants of the towering city sat confined in their apartments, their faces illuminated by the screens before them. Streams of data and images flickered across the devices, projected by unseen corporations behind the scenes. To the people, these screens were the…
Is Retirement Still a Reality or a Relic of the Past?
The idea of retirement, once a cornerstone of the American Dream, now seems like an elusive mirage for many. It was a promise fulfilled for the baby boomer generation—a period of leisure and rest after decades of toil. This ideal was born out of the post-World War II economic boom,…
Are We Destined by Personality or Free to Choose?
The question of whether personality seals our fate is as old as philosophy itself. Is there a particular recipe of traits—a perfect storm of internal attributes—that destines some to endure hardship, while others seemingly glide through life’s obstacles with grace? To answer this, one must grapple with the intersections of…