His name is Ramundo Arruda Sobrinho and for 35 years, this 77-year-old homeless man spent his days doing his passion: writing poetry and short stories. But his work remained completely invisible to the world until one day in 2011, he befriended a woman named Shalla. The...
Tal Ben-Shahar’s model in his great book Happier. Here’s how he puts it: “The rat racer’s illusion is that reaching some future destination will bring him lasting happiness; he does not recognize the significance of the journey. The hedonist’s illusion is that only the journey...
I was walking on the gardens of an insane asylum when I met a young man reading a philosophy book. For his manners and the health he portrayed, he didn't quite match with the patients there. I sat beside him and asked: “What are you...