Live while you are alive
New year greetings! I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. I must say I’m glad the task of finding suitable and thoughtful presents is over for a while. It’s fun when you think of something original to give; less fun is choosing from a huge array of options. Psychologists believe that we prefer fewer shopping …
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A recent poll found that 49% of Britons consider over-attentive waiters the most annoying aspect of eating out, while 34% cited “uncaring” waiting staff as their biggest gripe; 41% of customers said they’d write about a bad experience on social media before even leaving the restaurant (ah! a practical example of social media improving our …
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like. Dwight Eisenhower, quoted in United Press International
Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regret for the good old days, or sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things about which …
My very best greetings! In the days of Epicurus a philosopher was not some dry academic in a university, parsing the inner meaning of words, but someone everyone came to listen to, to ask questions of, to debate with. Today we are used to one-way media and entertainment that we cannot participate in. Nothing wrong …
