swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024All About LoveIn Bell Hooks book titled “All About Love,” she makes a very compelling statement. This statement is “Love and abuse cannot coexist” (p.g…Mar 283Mar 283
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Free From SeparationThich Nhat Hahn’s “Emptiness: The Wonder of Interbeing” featured a chapter titled ‘Please Call Me By My True Names’, which discussed the…Mar 212Mar 212
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Studying YourselfIn Montaigne's essay titled “Of Experience,” he states on page 185, "I study myself more than any subject.” This quote caught my eye…Mar 71Mar 71
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Tragic OptimismIn Frankl’s text, he ends with a quote stating, “Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at…Feb 263Feb 263
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Human Nature FluctuatesIn Xunzi's writing, he discussed how human nature is inherently bad. I'm afraid I have to disagree with this statement. No one can be born…Jan 31Jan 31
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Detaching from AversionIn Epictetus’ second chapter, he discusses the idea of aversion. He states that “aversion proposes you not fall into what you are averse…Jan 241Jan 241
swells14inThe Good Life: Spring 2024Adaptive TransformationRosa’s work discussed the idea of adaptive transformation by how when we “resonate with another human being, a book, a song, a landscape…Jan 181Jan 181
