Category: Happiness
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July 8, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Happiness is of such importance that the Declaration of Independence uses it as a foundational principle. Considering its importance in my own society, one would think that I thoroughly understand the term. However, it is as slippery today as it has always been. …
July 1, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Breaks are necessary for both mind and body. However, taking a break does not necessarily imply idle behavior. Quite the opposite! When we have a break from our regular routine, we are able to do things the revitalize us. Rest allows for change …
June 10, 2022 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there.” – John Baker, The Peregrine ”Learning is a profession….” – Zena Hitz 2022 Fellow in Ideas David Yamada recently wrote a book review that inspired me. Per his suggestion, I quickly …
May 13, 2022 Thanks to 2022 Fellow in Ideas, David Yamada, for today’s post. Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz As the humanities and social sciences face core threats fueled by higher education budget cuts and political divisions, they are conventionally defended on vocational and practical grounds. The …
Friday, May 6, 2022 Thanks to David Kirichenko, a 2022 Fellow in Ideas recipient, for today’s post. Understanding your place in the universe is difficult. It requires facing, and then transcending, your deepest concerns, with death as one of our core fears. One day you will die. Everyone you know and love will die. All …
July 9, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “I always thought that tea was just gonna taste like hot brown water. And you know what? I was right. It’s horrible. No, thank you.” – Ted Lasso Because some places are starting to open up and because I see hope creeping back …
June 11, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. When looking through the Syntopicon under “F,” I find Family, Fate, and Form. Yet, the more I think about it, I want to find Forgiveness. Merriam-Webster defines “forgive” as: to cease to feel resentment against; to give up resentment or requital; to grant …
January 29, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “It is not easy to realize the serene joy of all the earth, when she commences to shine unobstructedly, unless you have often been abroad alone in moonlight nights.” – Henry David Thoreau Discussions this month focused on Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Night …
January 1, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me, ooh, and I’m feeling good….” –Nina Simone 2020 has been a year of confusions. Of ups and downs. Though stability is always ephemeral, 2020 literally defined instability. I do …
April 5, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Whiplash is a film from 2014 both written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It follows the life of Andrew (played by Miles Teller), a young, brilliant and ambitious drummer, through the trials and errors of college life. Fletcher (played by J.K. Simmons) is …
