Main Article: My Impression: ‣ Happiness, it appears, comes from serving one’s individual needs and wants – even if this personal necessity is met momentarily by helping others or doing good. Meaning appears to come from existential dedication to the service of other people or a greater good, even when this commitment is at the…
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A glance along the crowded booths on Spitalgasse tells the story. The shoppers walk hesitantly from one stall to the next, discovering what each shop sells. Here is tobacco, but where is mustard seed? Here are sugar beets, but where is cod? Here is goat’s milk, but where is sassafras? These are not tourists in…
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I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For Life is just an employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial’s hire,…
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I seem to enjoy breakup songs – certainly not for the breakup itself, but because of how those songs portray the few key moments we actually become self-aware enough to confront our own contradictions and ask questions that take on a more practical view of life. I especially love Amy Lee’s lyrics, and more than a great singer,…
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