"What is forgiveness? Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not fulfilling all my needs and desires. Forgiveness says, "I know you love me, but you don’t have to love me unconditionally, because only God can do that." I too must ask forgiveness for not being able to fulfill … Continue reading Community Requires Forgiveness
Category: Philosophy
The Meaning of Life
I visited Kingston, Canada back in the summer of 2019 and I found a little book titled "The Duties of Man" by Joseph Mazzini, written in 1907. I read the book in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and I really enjoyed the book. I have read many statements about the meaning of life over the … Continue reading The Meaning of Life
Theory of Happiness
“With the theory of happiness, of well-being, as the primary aim of existence we shall only form egoistic men, worshippers of the material, who will cary the old passions into the new order of things and corrupt it in a few months. We have therefore to find a principle of education superior to any such … Continue reading Theory of Happiness
Resiliency
"Resilience is commonly thought of as 'bouncing back,' like a spring, to our pre-crisis shape or norm. A more apt metaphor for resilience might be 'bouncing forward,' rebounding and reorganizing adaptively to fit new challenges or changed conditions. For instance, with a major loss - a job, a home, or a life partner - we … Continue reading Resiliency
