KNOW YOURSELF. Are you, You? Do you know?

 KNOW YOURSELF Are you, YOU? DO YOU KNOW? (I MEAN THE REAL YOU AND NOT AN IMPOSTER OF SOME KIND?) Do you even know? Have you thought about it lately? This is important because if you don't know who you are, how are you going to know what to do after  high school? Or college? Or the  … [Read more...]

Don’t be yourself!

DONT BE YOURSELF WHATEVER YOU DO! THIS IS THE FIRST OF A CONTINUING SERIES ON THE SELF Some years ago, I saw a great New Yorker cartoon. The New Yorker is a wonderful weekly, of course, and there are many exceptional articles in each issue but the cartoons alone are worth the price of the … [Read more...]

LOVE YOURSELF FIRST OR YOU CAN’T LOVE ANYONE ELSE

LOVE YOURSELF FIRST OR YOU CAN'T LOVE ANYONE ELSE   IF  YOU ARE A  YOUNG PERSON, LOVE IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.  You have either been in love, ARE in love or wish you were in love. Or maybe you don't really know what love is! That is more likely! I am always in love but love starts with … [Read more...]

NO SELF-KNOWLEDGE DOOMS YOU

NO SELF-KNOWLEDGE DOOMS YOU Mad Men’s Don Draper: how to screw up life—your own and everybody else’s. The first job of our lives is to know ourselves. If we fail to do it, nothing—nothing—can prevent us from failure, regret and emptiness. This is brought home today in Salon by Heather … [Read more...]

KNOW YOURSELF. Are you, You? Do you even know YOURSELF?

 KNOW YOURSELF Are you, You? (I MEAN THE REAL YOU AND NOT AN IMPOSTOR OF SOME KIND?) Do you even know? Have you thought about it lately? (This is part 2 in our series on the self. Part one is below.) Self-Knowledge  is crucial to determining who we are and what we want on earth. It doesn't get … [Read more...]

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