I have a confession to make: I am finding it hard to find balance in my life these days, especially when living with my parents and having so many different demands on my time pulling me in too many directions. This morning, the reality is sinking in that I’m heading back down to Guelph inContinue reading “On The Stockdale Paradox”
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Favorites Quotes From Crito By Socrates
Socrates: Why should we care so much for what the majority thinks? The most reasonable people to whom one should pay more attention, will believe that things were done as they were done. Would that the majority could inflict the greatest of evils, for they would then be capable of the greatest good, and thatContinue reading “Favorites Quotes From Crito By Socrates”
Favorite Quotes From the Apology of Socrates by Plato
Socrates: You are wrong…if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good man or a bad man. ToContinue reading “Favorite Quotes From the Apology of Socrates by Plato”
Lessons Part 2
Lessons of Harry Potter: How we face death is at least as important as how we face lifeLove is the ultimate power in the universe Lessons of Star Trek: Knowledge can lead to victoryDo not be afraid of the unknown Lessons of Star Wars: The light is the path to followYour destiny will call, andContinue reading “Lessons Part 2”
Lessons Part 1
Lessons of the Scar on My Wrist: Don’t lose sight of the big picture or suffer great injury you will Lessons of Skiing: As long as you are balanced nothing can stop youYou don’t have control over whether you go or not, but you do have control over where you go and when you stopAlwaysContinue reading “Lessons Part 1”
Self-Mastery
I think that a lot of my problems right now are rooted to my self-control being strong enough. I think that that is my ultimate weakness. I think that it has been since I was a young boy. Anxiety kept me from having self-control when I was a boy. I thought that in high schoolContinue reading “Self-Mastery”
The Lesson of Taoist Tai Chi
I have been a fool. Again. I wonder if that ever stops happening? Or at least decreases in frequency? Probably not. The world is not that fair. Anyway on to the meat of things. For the past several months I have been under the mistaken assumption that just because something is hard it means thatContinue reading “The Lesson of Taoist Tai Chi”
Bathroom Wisdom
So all of last semester I had two classes in a building called Axelrod on campus. I have a class there this semester as well. Consequently I have become quite familiar with the male’s bathroom so this has literally been right in front of me the whole time, and I’ve been thinking a lot aboutContinue reading “Bathroom Wisdom”
The Right Path
A large part of my life is about finding the right path. A conversation with someone close to me recently reassured me that I’m on the right path socially. I believe I’m on the right path emotionally and mentally. And I know I need to get more physically active but that’s not especially urgent (orContinue reading “The Right Path”
Minor Tasks
I really think that some people don’t realize how lucky they are that they are able to do minor tasks so easily. I mean within the past 24 hours there are three instances I can think of that have left my fingers cramping and me screaming mentally in frustration. Last night I went out forContinue reading “Minor Tasks”
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