To be perfect means to never think, speak, do, or be wrong or bad or even negative. No one has ever been perfect. No one could ever be perfect. Does this mean we should never try to be perfect? Yes, that is simply too much pressure. The only thing we can and should do is strive for goodness. As Crates states: “It is impossible to find a person free from flaws; just as with the pomegranate, one seed is always going bad.” Stoicism is a philosophy,…Continue Reading “Strive for Goodness”

In short, the world today is really messed up. It seems that nobody is good anymore and everyone (especially collectives, such as social groups: nationalists, organized religions, republicans, democrats, etc; and businesses: Apple, Shell, Nestlé, Nike, etc.) seem to use whatever means they can to achieve their own desires regardless of the impact on others or nature itself, though this is not a reason for getting depressed.  You see, nobody was ever born good, they were just born. They had to decide to be good…Continue Reading “The World Today”