“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see“ – Thoreau Every death makes room for a new beginning. Every loss makes room for something to be found. Though we can’t control input, we can absolutely...
Leave the Past Behind…Live Forward
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Kierkegaard They say hindsight is 20/20, and that may be true…but regardless of how well we may or may not understand the things in life that...
The Little Things Will Set You Free
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it“ – Kierkegaard The pursuit of happiness, pleasure, enjoyment, etc. seems to consume us. We weigh our actions against whether they make us content or discontent. We...
You Are Who You Choose to Be
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. – Heidegger Though Heidegger would argue that we do indeed have a “destiny” from which we can’t uncoil ourselves, he also believes that the frontiers of...
Happiness is Not the Goal
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. -Kant We term happiness as an objective ends unto itself. We strive for it as if there’s a choice at the fork in the road that leads to it....
Always Becoming, Never Being
“What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal” -Nietzsche Yeah…even this guy’s name is hard, what’s his philosophy gonna be like? Well, I’ll be honest here, it can be tough. But I...
Stop Questioning, Start Living
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. -Kierkegaard By our very nature, we are problem solvers. A highly developed frontal lobe and pre-frontal cortex all but ensures that we will approach every...