Becoming Wise

This desire for intellectual exploration with others has been a big theme on my journey. But not until I added hope to my critical thinking and embraced a more expansive view of the world did I attract the kind of people I wanted to welcome into my conversation. In my first couple of months in Taiwan, I read a book on writing by William Zinsser. He

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What can we expect from making these changes? Philosophy exists to enhance every aspect of our lives, not just fix some parts that are broken. Above all, we can look forward to a greater feeling of connectedness with others when we make these shifts. No longer mistaking our judgements about events for the events themselves; being open to the comple

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‘The main things we promote here are safety and hope. It’s not written down anywhere, but it’s our purpose,’ Derek told me. ‘People’s difficulties are usually the result of something,’ he continued. ‘Stuff happened and they didn’t understand it and they got scared. If the people who come here have anything in common, it’s that they are all scared o

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