One summer day, the traveler and the student were walking in the land of the north when they came upon a lake. In the middle of the lake was a small island. "What's that?" asked the child. "The Isle of Wisdom," replied the traveler. "How do you get to it?" "All I can tell you [...]

"Ne te quaesiveris extra." So begins Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic book, Self-Reliance. The Latin phrase translates to "Do not search outside yourself." It is wonderful advice. It is easy to think and believe that everyone else needs to unlearn. The true key to unlearning, however, is to focus on yourself. Related posts: A Man Unlearns [...]

The concept of unlearning might seem pointless to some people. So, too, might the idea of doing something that makes you uncomfortable. The surprising thing is this: If you do something out of your comfort zone, it widens your circle of comfort. It this same way, unlearning enhances your awareness of how much you don't [...]

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's [...]

"I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have anticonvulsants-info.com that might be wrong. [...] I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose.” Richard Feynman P.S. This wonderful quote and [...]

"How do you know when you've become a master," asked the student. "When you've made it your job to always remain an apprentice," replied the master.

As the traveler returned from an early morning walk, the student said, "I had trouble seeing you in the fog." "Yes, that can be difficult," replied the traveler, "but do you know what's more difficult?" "No," said the child. "Realizing that you are in the same thick fog." Other short parables by Jack Uldrich The [...]