Broken. It seems as though it is a perfect description. Defeated. Demoralized. Discouraged. Crushed. Broken. I am certainly not happy, but I do not believe I am unhappy either. Perhaps discontented, yet content at the same time. It truly is a paradoxical feeling, and I believe it to stem mostly from simply wanting to no [...]

Throughout our lives we have numerous opportunities to build relationships with others. From the casual acquaintance to the close friend; from the passionate lover to the deeply affectionate significant other. Often we take such relationships for granted, and just as often we fail to notice those to whom we think or feel ourselves close to [...]

Morality. Such an interesting, subjective concept. By definition, morality is basically the distinction between right and wrong (or good and bad) behavior. While the definition sounds simplistic enough, what is good or bad is primarily defined through social contexts, which means that not all concepts of right and wrong are universal (or, potentially, even shared [...]

Throughout the course of our lifetimes we are told we are individuals, unique snowflakes, special… the list goes on with a range of similar comparisons. Certainly we have a number of minor differentiations among ourselves that do contribute to no two people being completely identical, but to base the aforementioned ideologies on something so miniscule [...]

family noun ( pl. -lies) [treated as sing. or pl. ] a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage : friends and family can provide support. a person or people related to one and so to be treated with [...]