Tag: burden

All desires are burden to the soul

You’ve felt it. That burning desire, the yearning for the shiny new car, the luxurious apartment, the next promotion, the next…whatever. We all have goals. Some big, some small. But let me share a secret: these very goals, if driven solely by material desires, can weigh down our souls l...

11.4 The Burden of Celebrity

Meanwhile Socrates went about his daily walks, holding impromptu conversations with his many friends and with new acquaintances as well. He felt a special connection to the divine through his daimonion, a divine sign that advised him from time to time. It did not, he assured his friends, ever t...