Immovable: A Discourse on the Three Great Constants of Life
Each passing day, we hear stories of men and women who took their lives or hurt themselves in some horrible ways, because of some unexpected betrayal, rejection, or grievous loss. Many people have ended their glorious lives because some other person’s life had come to an end; and many others have lost their minds because of some material loss. Recently, a story went round the internet about a certain young man who jumped into the sea and perished because he had caught his lover in bed with another man. Many stars and public figures have taken their lives in very miserable ways because of some failure they labelled colossal and final. Many young people have fallen into the pit of depression for reasons that, when weighed objectively, carry no real weight. Can we justify these voluntary sufferings as appropriate or even worth the effort? Should we hit our heads against the wall and suffer every time things go wrong in life? The real problem in life, if you look properly, is not the...