I grew up believing that showing forgiveness was the ultimate sign of sainthood. Forgiveness for a long time to me was the crème de la crème of piety; the absolute epitome of everything that defines a “holy” person. For most of my life, I’ve believed that forgiveness is about forgetting, it’s about wiping the slate […]
10 Misinterpreted Teachings From Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth is undoubtedly the most known figure in Western civilization. Christianity as a religion is embraced by one-third of the human population that is based around his life and wise lessons. This, in and of itself, is an astounding achievement as the teachings of Jesus only lasted around three years prior to his […]
Autodidact: 8 Reasons Why You Need To Become a Self-Taught Master
Ray Bradbury, Frank Zappa, Stanley Kubrick, Benjamin Franklin, Malcolm X, Julian Assange … some of the greatest and most successful people in history were (and are) not only autotelic, but also autodidacts. As author and autodidact Helen Beatrix Potter once noted: “thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some […]
Are You a Free Spirit? (Take the Test!)
Are you an open-minded, rule-breaking, free-thinking dreamer? If so, you may be a free spirit. A free spirit is someone who paves their own path and walks to the beat of their own drum. Free spirits hate being controlled or restricted in any way, and value physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual freedom above everything else […]
Marriage For The Solitary: Don’t Make It Love’s Souvenir
Marriage. It’s a topic discussed frequently at my age. As I get older it seems to become a looming ‘passing of age’ requisite into adulthood. When I read discussions between people who are pro-Choice Marriage Vs. Arranged Marriage I think: What’s the difference? It’s like arguing whether suicide is better than murder. In my last […]
