Why is “seize the day” our universal motto?
Seize the day. Live for the moment. Be yourself. Only you can be you, only now can be now. Maxims like these populate my Facebook and Twitter feed like commercials […]
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Flying Away
A few summers ago, there was this song you could hear everywhere. On the radio, at the beauty salon, at the supermarket. It was one of Nelly Furtado’s earliest hits, I’m […]
Tell me: What is the Meaning of Life?
“Would you be interested in coming to give a short talk to a group of high school/university students?” The question came a while back and, as is my customary practice, I […]
Mix-and-Match Hope
Another Advent season is upon us, and with it come the predictable laments about the crass commercialism and overconsumption of the season. These laments are (mostly) good and appropriate and, […]
What’s Real?
Q: I feel like I’m submerged in a flood of unreal messaging, a swirling, disorienting tide of advertising, political propaganda, and mass entertainment media. Fashions, fads, fanaticisms…What’s real? How can […]
