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A Moral Bucket List

Do we catalog our life’s accomplishments only by our resumes?

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 11, 2018bucket list, morality, legacy, David Brooks, the big ideas

Existential Bummer

Hop on the back of futurist Jason Silva’s metaphorical motorcycle.

the big ideas, wisdomCaren MartineauMay 10, 2018futurist, mortality, meaning, entropy, impermanence

What Mortality Makes Possible

Creating a Rilke Book of Days after her husband died an unexpected death.

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 6, 2018Rilke, poetry, writing, on dying, mortality, Joanna Macy, Krista Bennett, the big ideas

Dreaming of Life

Dive into the dream with philosopher Alan Watts.

wisdomCaren MartineauMay 1, 2018dream of life, alan watts, philosopher, philosophy, mortality, meaning, the big ideas

What Age Reveals

The quietest and most satisfying reward one can receive and achieve in life is fulfillment.

wisdomCaren MartineauApril 29, 2018age, lesson, fulfillment, essay, small bites