Happiness
Understanding Your True Purpose. Happiness. We all long for it — but how should we define it? How do we capture happiness and keep it? And just how important is it in our lives? What if, when we stand back and consider all things, happiness is the single main objective of everyone and therefore influences all our actions and thoughts — and yet we lack a clear understanding of what happiness actually is, and by extension, look for it in all the wrong places? What if instead of
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Good
A Powerful Word Full of Meaning and Purpose. Stoic philosophy is in vogue right now, and in some sense that’s not a bad thing, as it leans towards positivity, resilience, and change. However, much of Stoic motivation tends to be paper-thin once you dust off the surface: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” (Marcus Aurelius). Exactly. But wait a minute — what exactly is a “good man”? Or more precisely, what does the word “good” actually mean? If we d
Feb 314 min read
TELEOLOGY
The Divine Purpose to Your Life. We live in an age where status (fame), wealth, and power are thought to be the high watermark of what a meaningful life looks like. However, this view on life is categorically wrong. There is no substance to any of these objectives because they can all be gone in an instant. They add nothing to what it means to be human, and more importantly, they provide little direction on how you should live your life (if anything, the exact opposite). In a
Feb 113 min read
