Tag: Meaning of Life

Finding Meaning Under the Stars

I have always loved space. This love is why I earned an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering. Fittingly, stargazing with friends was one of my favorite, albeit infrequent,…

Understanding Life Through Music

When my Humanities moment struck me, I was dumbfounded. Being at the young age of fourteen, I don’t think I fully understood the power of music. I knew…

When Breath Becomes Air

Just as he was completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. When Breath Becomes Air, the memoir…

Such a Short Time to Stay Here

I am not a churchgoer or a believer, and thus, I have always been left with questions about the deeper meaning of life that could not be easily…

Response to a Response

I was in my English class and we were talking about humanities moments for extra credit. We talked about a woman who disagreed with the “mimetic” effect and…