We Help Ourselves, not the World

We could help ourselves with the following understanding:

1. Dopamine comes and goes like a flash, and oxytocin is a better, more lasting happiness hormone.
2. Loving others generates oxytocin, but so does loving and being kind to yourself.
3. Breathing exercises make us cal...

The physical evidence of a life well-lived can be a source of pride rather than shame. We don't have to hide the white hair, lined skin, scars, or extra pounds. They can be seen as signs that you persist.

When we expect perfection from everyone, including ourselves, we not only discount mu...

Believing in a God may have lots of benefits. Atheists may be more neurotic compared to theists. But this, Watts believes, is not an argument for God. Because the lack or neuroticism does not prove the God hypothesis. 

Another way to look at it is to say that “If ignora...