To forget oneself is to be happy. —Robert Louis Stevenson I do not consider myself to be a selfish person. But when I really stop to think about how much time I spend thinking about me—about my decisions and my problems and my shortcomings and my future—I can’t help but realize how indirectly selfish I [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Forgetting Self
Posted in Affirmations, tagged happiness, selfishness, selflessness on May 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Purpose of Existence
Posted in Affirmations, tagged Affirmations, Carl Jung, existential questions, human existence, light, purpose on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. —Carl Jung This touches on perhaps the most universal of all questions: What is the purpose of existence? This question haunts me every day of my life and sometimes I feel like [...]
