Let the wonderfully dark humour of Kierkegaard brighten your day.

“The biggest danger, that of losing oneself, can pass off in the world as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, an arm, a leg, five dollars, a loved one — is bound to be noticed.”

Kierkegaard was interested in freedom, anxiety and despair; he was interested in the core of what it means to be a human being. Human beings are a synthesis of opposites and contradictions; a constant tension between the infinite and finite.

For example: there is tension between our potential and our reality — and both can exist. We have infinite potential; namely, who we want to be, aspire to be, dream to be, and the finite equates to necessity; who we are in our current reality.

To lose oneself in the finite is where there are no alternatives exist; which can cause a person to cling to safety and security in any hierarchal structure that surrounds them. Usually people latch on to a social hierarchy in a job, college, family, friends because tit is too venturesome to think for themselves. It is far more convenient, comfortable, easier and safer to be like the others rather than go against the grain, being an imitation in the crowd is a source of comfort.

To lose oneself in the infinite is a trap; because it introduces the paralysing dilemma of choice. It leads to the…