Reflections

I apologize to my friend, who always insists on running marathons although he is now in his mid-40s, and I acknowledge his extraordinary ability to endure long runs alone for hours until reaching the end of the race.     My friend tried several times to get me involved in the game of long distances, but every time I tried to take this experience, I had that feeling of nostalgia to the game that... [read more]

We are all told that realism means life as it is while idealism is life as it should be.  In my opinion, however, the mere thinking of a certain ideal is one realistic approach to life.   I have never made a distinction between realism and idealism, believing that life is about the ideas we have in our mind and about having the power to turn these into something we can see and appreciate.       The... [read more]

Some essential questions about life: Is the drive for life a rational or natural drive? Is the rationalization of the drive for life the beginning of the road toward losing this drive, or should one succumb to that unknown force within himself called the drive for life?    I have started to believe that there is within oneself a drive for life that is as mysterious as life is, and that one should... [read more]