Category Archives: Philosophy

I remember the title; and I believe I had an outline in my head, but that was yesterday. I recall I was enjoying the unique satisfaction of the day’s first jolt of caffeine and the way you can sometimes feel … Continue reading →

A key component of compassion is to constructively help others overcome their problems and to actively wish them free from suffering. In recent weeks I have dedicated large chunks of written thought to compassion and I have encouraged compassion toward … Continue reading →

“In wildness is the preservation of the world” … “How near to good is what is wild!” … “Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest.” -From Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking”. Thoreau wrote this essay and delivered … Continue reading →

The apparatus that defines me is typically not of my choosing; even when it is. I believe this to be true of each of us. Those who believe they have created or are creating, controlling, defining, or leading an apparatus … Continue reading →

Last week I encouraged an active humility defined as confident uncertainty, and further typified by one who a) knows what and when they don’t know, b) readily acknowledges how little they do know, c) is truthful with oneself and with … Continue reading →