Let me be forgotten

Let me be forgotten

A thing that most of us have heard is that immortality is achieved by being remembered.  Let our deeds reverberate through the ages, for it is in glory that we achieve eternal life.  Ideally we would all be Vikings/Klingon warriors/Nobel prize winners. This...
Let me be forgotten

Shut up, Descartes

Cogito, ergo sum.  I think, therefore I am. We’ve all heard this repeated somewhere or other. René Descartes made this statement in Discourse on the Method, published in 1637.  He was concerned with the observation that he had held many beliefs which were later...
Let me be forgotten

Disenfranchised Grief

Let’s talk about disenfranchised grief.  This term was defined in 1989 by Kenneth Doka to describe the grief that goes unacknowledged by one’s community.  Some examples might include pregnancy loss, the death of a pet, the milestone anniversary of a relationship that...