...Being able to have a good meltdown may give you wrinkles, but it's definitely better than Botox. Few things are as liberating as experiencing failure and getting over it. But don't take that to mean we should idolize failure. Losing shouldn't be the new kind of winning...
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The question of the good life is eminently philosophical because it is eminently human and can transcend the horizon of everyday life. It concerns us all, and Plato said it: the good life is the examined life. That means a life where we ask ourselves the question of what a meaningful life is. But I see where you're going with that question. A philosopher shouldn't give answers about how exactly to lead a meaningful life. It should never be a matter of someone telling you Do this and don't do that, have a family or don't have a family, have this job and not another. The philosopher, I think, should cultivate the awareness that we sometimes overestimate the contents of life. Life is, after all, random, and one doesn't usually have much control over what happens to one. Your effort and duty - and this is what a philosopher might point out - is to find yourself in what has happened to you.
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