"The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less."
-Vaclav Havel-
For the sake of argument, let's say that the esteemed Vaclav Havel is right and we are bothered less and less by the question of meaning in our lives...is that bad? Several decades of research have been conducted on this question, and the evidence is strong.
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Posted by Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. | Posted in Happiness | Posted on 25-03-2009 | 
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Wild-eyed Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann recently called on her constituents to get "armed and dangerous" to protect America. Congresswoman Bachmann invoked the spirit of Thomas Jefferson to urge a revolution, so we don't lose our country, you know. Who is the threat? President Barack Obama. Twice in eight years, some Americans have wondered whether the guy in the Oval Office is the president. What do these sentiments say about the meaningful life?
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On March 19th and 22th, 2009 Barack Obama went live, first on the Leno show and then on 60 minutes. On both shows he made lots of interesting comments but they are all but lost. Why? It's Shelle's Law of the Gaffe!
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The dalai lama XIV has declared that new the Dalai lama will not be born in territory of the Chinese National Republic, and will not be quite possible reincarnation. However, he has paid attention that it will need to continue not finished work and if the situation on Tibet does not change, maybe he will reincarnation. He noticed that the institute of Dalai lamas has already executed the
A child's art is a glimpse of a hidden world. (And apparently there are no jobs for art critics in that world). Let's be honest, kid art is objectively bad. Yet, kids have the seemingly magical ability to see their self-expression for what it is, not for what it is not.
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Rare pink dolphin Calcasieu Louisiana Lake.The dolphin of the rare pink color has lodged in the American lake. While the rare animal involves set of tourists, experts assert that it, probably, a unique dolphin such color all over the world. The Pink Bottlenose Dolphin lives in the salty lake located in the State of Louisiana to the north from Gulf of Mexico. About a rare dolphin it became known
Near-death experiences.According to initiators of project AWARE, possibility to receive a trustworthy information about displays of a phenomenon of death from the persons who have visited a condition of clinical death, but subsequently restored to life, gives unique possibility to investigate a stage of this process at least, initial and their displays. According to the researches spent earlier,
Flatliners is a 1990 movie starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt as medical students experimenting with near-death experiences. The movie is directed by Joel Schumacher.the flatliners castKiefer Sutherland - Nelson WrightJulia Roberts - Rachel MannusKevin Bacon - David LabraccioWilliam Baldwin - Joe HurleyOliver Platt - Randy SteckleKimberly
We all have that friend who is never fazed by anything. "Hey Chip, sorry to hear you lost your job." "Oh, that's OK, it gives me more time to write my memoirs." These people drive us crazy. Their response to set-backs seems insane at best, and designed to torment us at worst. Perhaps some part of us wishes we could be so laissez-faire, but wouldn't we be missing some crucial piece of living if we didn't have to overcome hardship? Many psychologists believe that people grow through their stressful circumstances by making meaning from them.
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Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19, 1809 and died October 7, 1849 aged 40. He was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is
