IDEAS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE
‘Narcissist’: Pop Culture Trope
Writing in the National Review, Kevin D. Williamson describes certain technical difficulties that result from abandoning moral language for clinical language: Some terms, such as “narcissist,” straddle the line between medicine and pop culture. We love to engage in...
Welcome to Earth
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee" (Jeremiah 1:5). I have to imagine that in our pre-mortal life the idea of coming to Earth, although no doubt exhilarating, must have sent chills down our spirit spines. Not only would we have to face unspeakable...
Closing the Gap
“Who are you?” I believe it’s a question we should ask ourselves regularly. Importantly, we should follow it up with “Who were you yesterday?” I like this little exercise because it impresses on the mind the fact that if you are the same person today that you were...
Time is Merciless
Time is merciless. It passes regardless of what we want or need. And the fact that there are no pauses—not even to catch our breath when we are figuratively (sometimes literally) drowning—can make us feel like life is specifically designed to kill us. And it is. None...
When Things Go Wrong
When everything is going right, we think we see things as they are. It is only when things go wrong that we are awakened to just how complex the world really is. But it isn’t the complexity of life that unnerves us. It is our obliviousness of the fact. It is the fact...
You don’t owe anyone anything. You owe the truth everything.
Thinking critically is necessary to prevent our individual and collective confidence from soaring unjustifiably to dangerous heights. Of course, to think critically, humility is required. Absent humility, we wouldn’t have the good sense to question the accuracy of our...