Mar 7, 2018 | Man of the Household, Stress and Its Causes, Wednesday Quotes
“Choice is praised for being related to the right object.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics I have spent a bit of time this week thinking about different kinds of stress. We feel stress when there is a conflict between things that we desire. What really...
Mar 14, 2018 | Stress and Its Causes, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“It is not good that man should be alone.” Genesis I do not think this is controversial. Essential to a happy and satisfied life is living in the presence of those we love. Consistently. Perhaps this is most obvious in younger children. They simply want to...
Mar 28, 2018 | Good Work, Stress and Its Causes, Wednesday Quotes
“Toil mastered everything, relentless toil. And the pressure of pinching poverty.” Virgil, The Georgics Most people I speak to say that there are too busy. For many, this busy-ness is a significant source of stress. We feel trapped; we feel constrained to attend to...
Apr 4, 2018 | Man of the Household, Stress and Its Causes, Wednesday Quotes
“The News can’t be fixed. There is something about daily publication, all by itself, that distorts reality. That is why the addiction to News that so many of us share has brought on a kind of stupidity. Our whole society shares this stupidity, and so we have a...
Apr 11, 2018 | Stress and Its Causes, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“Certainly the same benefits are not received by each from the other, nor should they be sought.” “One must, too, acquire some experience of the other person and become familiar with him, and that is very hard.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics All joking aside, relating...
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