Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl’s imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. Continue reading
Psychology
And if nothing pisses you off , who are you?
Classically, we have defined ourselves by the things we love… Our home, our family, our friends. Continue reading
“When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
What traps most of us is relying more and more on what made us successful, without thinking about what success means. So we rely on knowledge, skills, or old formulas that may become increasingly overextended and out of touch. Continue reading
Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul
Don’t try to be useful
Ask a flower in the field: ‘Do you feel useful? After all, you do nothing but produce the same flowers over and over?’
And the flower will answer: ‘I am beautiful, and beauty is my reason for living.’ Continue reading
Instead of possibilities, I have realities
“The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which he daily tears a sheet, grows thinner with each passing day. Continue reading
What if Money was No Object?
Keystone of Emotional Intelligence
“A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. The monk replied with scorn, “You’re nothing but a lout – I can’t waste my time with the likes of you!” Continue reading
Doing whatever needs to be done with concentrated attention, rather than inertia
“If one has failed to develop curiosity and interest in the early years, it is a good idea to acquire them now, before it is too late to improve the quality of life.
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You have to look with the heart
“People where you live,” the little prince said, “grow five thousand roses in one garden… yet they don’t find what they’re looking for… Continue reading
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