Monday, May 4, 2020

№ 464. Know Thyself

This is the reason for the essay " Who Am I?"  The essay was a requirement to the university admission. That was thirty years ago. And yet the question remains timely and vital.

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The oldest philosophical wisdom in the world has one piece of advice for us: know yourself. And there is a good reason why that is. Without knowing ourselves, it’s almost impossible to find a healthy way to interact with the world around us. Without taking time to figure it out, we don’t have a foundation to built the rest of our lives on. Being alone and connecting inwardly is a skill nobody ever teaches us. That’s ironic because it’s more important than most of the ones they do. Solitude may not be the solution to everything, but it certainly is a start.

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