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The Measuring Cup

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What is the true measure of happiness?  Is it the number of cars you drive? The number of real estate and properties you own? The pairs of shoes and luxurious clothing you wear? Or the digits you have in the bank?  There must be something more than just  materialistic desire and superficiality. To measure speed, we use the speedometer; for time, we use the clock and the calendar; for mass, we use the weighing scale;   for temperature, we use the thermostat; for liquids, we use the measuring cup. In a world where almost everything is quantifiable, what about human happiness? What is the true measure of happiness? You’re reading this probably because you’re curious to know how to measure happiness. Or, you might have felt as though today   is not just “your day”. Or you might be going through an emotional state of being and trying to search for something to brighten up your day. Life coach Amy Young in her Mantra Monday YouTube videos says “Ow...

What Makes Man Truly Human?

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   What makes man truly human?  What are the qualifiers of being human? Am I good enough to be labeled “truly human”?                   They say answers are easier to figure out than forming problems and questions. It’s because to ask entails more. To wonder is the beginning of philosophical knowledge. The questions listed above are the core in its entirety as we uncover the myths and mysteries of the philosophy of man.                  There have been diverse claims from various philosophers on what makes man truly human. The following are excerpts from the different articles which have varied principles about the question: “What makes man truly human?”                  Fr. Moga ( http://adduphilo104.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-makes-man-truly-human.html )...