Category Reflections

Why we become strangers to ourselves

Why do so many people remain unhappy despite living in an age of unprecedented comfort, convenience, and opportunity? This question has occupied philosophers for centuries. While their answers differed in detail, many arrived at a similar conclusion: human misery is…

There’s an artist in every profession

This month, we are leaving the house we lived in for nearly six years. During all these years, we managed the household work ourselves. We never employed a maid, and that included cleaning the washrooms. As we prepared to leave,…