Tag: love

• Hedonomics II: The Little Things

  about 2 years ago

  Lea Carpenter in Think, See, Feel

  It’s not all economics, with respect to (the aforementioned) Laureates Sen and Stiglitz. It can be as simple as finding daily rituals. Make the bed. Plant a garden. It’s a start. Gretchen Rubin knows. Rubin’s The Happiness Project was deeply informed by a woman she now considers her “spiritual ... Read More

• Hedonomics I: Happiness Is Easy

  about 2 years ago

  Lea Carpenter in Think, See, Feel

  Love. Sex. Space. Coke. (Coke?) Discretion. Indiscretion. Family. Fame. Privacy. Puppies. The Rolling Stones. One man’s happiness is, axiomatically, not another’s, and so the riddle of what brings us peace in ourselves and in our communities remains, Sphinx-like, perpetually fascinating—for ... Read More

• Marry for Love (Forget the Rest)

  over 2 years ago

  Lea Carpenter in Think, See, Feel

  The rest simply cannot be controlled. Yet apropos of Valentine’s Day, it’s worth considering something The Daily Beast reported recently, a remark made by philanthropist (and Edwards supporter) Bunny Mellon regarding John Edwards’ indiscretions: “All young men do it.” Really? Do two new memoirs ... Read More

• Martin Luther King, Interrelatedness, Haiti

  over 2 years ago

  Lea Carpenter in Think, See, Feel

  King wrote his Letter from Birmingham Jail in April 1963, almost five years, to the day, before his assassination. The letter remains resonant for its poetry (“injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”) as well as for what’s implied in King’s very act of writing it: A letter can matter ... Read More