Introduction From a very young age, most of us are taught to see life as a journey. A path with milestones. A road with a destination. A process that eventually leads to a moment where everything finally “makes sense.” We are told that one day, after enough effort, struggle, and achievement, we will reach a point where life feels complete. A point where things settle, clarity arrives, and peace becomes permanent. But what if that idea is not entirely true? What if life is not something you arrive at—but something you experience? This shift in perspective may seem small, but it has the power to completely transform the way you live. The Illusion of a Final Destination Many people live their entire lives chasing a future moment. They believe that happiness lies in the next promotion, the next achievement, or the next milestone. They convince themselves that “once I get there, everything will be better.” You may chase professional growt...
Introduction “I am the wisest man on earth because I know one thing that I know nothing”. These mindful words are of Socrates. He is one of the most popular philosophers of all time. He sacrificed his life for humanity without even thinking twice. Socrates had not written his biography but we can know about him by reading books of his student, Plato. He was from a very poor family and his father was a sculptor. He fought for his nation as a young army man. Many times during the war he used to go to a lonely place and think for several hours. When he didn’t like army and sculptor work then he opened his own school where young students used to ask a wide variety of questions from him. Socrates was a very open-minded person but at that time people of Athens used to follow dogmatic rules. Due to his revolutionary ideas, he gained the attention of many other philosophers but few of them became his enemies. Death of Socrates The people of Athens were very conservative and there was great tur...