Aristotle’s Advice For A Good Life Is Still Relevant Today
It destroys the internet memes that depress many and enables us all to be a personal success
Many minutes in your life blend together, but certain times you remember in detail, which never leave you. Mine was the day my mom died. Our entire family visited her at the hospital to say a last goodbye.
She was unresponsive by now.
I was the last in the room. After sitting in a chair wordless for a time, all I could get out was an apology. My final words were saying I was sorry for not being a better son or making more out of myself.
Obviously, death of a parent can make us all remorseful for not being a better son or daughter. But the feeling of living an unsuccessful life doesn’t require that sort of loss. It’s a daily nagging sensation for many.
So, I wasn’t surprised by a study from Harvard indicating young people 18 to 25 reported feeling worse off in “happiness, health, meaning, character, relationships, and financial stability,” than their elders in every age category. Innately, they weren’t living a good life.
Many point to the modern invention of social media as the cause. It puts incredible visions of interesting lives before our eyes, making the viewer…
