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Unveiling Happiness and Morality: A Guide Through Montaigne’s Lens
When people live in society, there are two aspects that we should pay attention to in our relationships with others: one aspect is to be yourself and not let your true self be lost in others and material things. This is the foundation of happiness; the other aspect is to be yourself A good person is kind to others and has a conscience. This is the foundation of morality. Now let’s talk about the latter aspect. 1. Virtue comes from good nature Montaigne said that the moral character he likes is not created by law and religion, but by the perfection of human nature. Anyone with normal nature has this…
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The light we carry
When I was a kid, it occurred to me one day that my dad started using a cane to help me balance while I was walking. I can’t remember exactly when it showed up at our home on Chicago’s South Side—I was four or five years old, and suddenly, there it was, a smooth black wood cane, slender and strong. It was an early result of multiple sclerosis, which left my dad with a severe limp in his left leg. Slowly and silently, it erodes his central nervous system and weakens the strength of his legs. The disease had likely been taking its toll on Dad long before his diagnosis,…
