Philosophy means the love of wisdom. To study or discuss philosophy is to seek wisdom about the great questions of life, existence, morality, ethics, values, and logic or reason using questioning, discussion, arguments, and critical thinking. Philosophy isn’t about breaking down one’s beliefs until nothing exists unless it can be proven, it is about breaking down one’s experiences to find one’s beliefs about life, human existence, what is right, and where one’s faith and beliefs exist so that the difficulties of life and the darkness contained therein are met, one may be able to find the light and the beauty of it all, to understand and find grace for fellow humanity and for the self, and to find where true north is even when the needle of one’s compass seems to be spinning wildly.
I disagree with those who strike out into the midst of the billows and, welcoming a stormy existence, wrestle daily in hardihood of soul with life’s problems. Seneca, Moral Letters, 28.7.1 One of the strangest phenomenon I have witnessed and experienced as a human being is the propensity to choose to be in a romantic…
At some point over the last few days, I felt a sadness coming over me knowing that my ex’s birthday was today and I found it strange that although he is among those who have caused me so much sorrow that there is still a small sliver of me feeling sadness at not wishing him…
One of the things that has drawn me back to words has been the words of the Stoics as I pour myself into understanding something that had been forbidden fruit for so long. I’ve been through quite a lot in recent years and I’ve always done my best to keep myself grounded but that has…