THE JOURNAL
Essays for the inner life
Writing on love, memory, creativity, philosophy, human behaviour, and the changing world of words.
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Ways of God to Men
Read the essay →: Ways of God to MenAll is mundane, a plethora of waste, your pangs and pains, a melancholy taste. For every burning eye, each tearful love, words dry the soul, yet…
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What the 75-Year Harvard Study Reveals About Happiness
Read the essay →: What the 75-Year Harvard Study Reveals About HappinessA reflection on Harvard’s long-running study of adult development—and why close relationships may matter more to lifelong health and happiness than money or status.
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Can AI Truly Write?
Read the essay →: Can AI Truly Write?AI can arrange language with remarkable fluency. But can it carry memory, longing, contradiction and a distinctly human voice?
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The mind is not a mirror; it is a paintbrush
Read the essay →: The mind is not a mirror; it is a paintbrushOn Sundays, my house becomes a softer place. Light drips through the curtains like warm honey, the kettle hums its low morning song, and the world…
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Where Love Begins and Fear Ends
Read the essay →: Where Love Begins and Fear EndsA reflection on Yoko Ono, Dr. Paul Hauck, John Lennon, Hannah Arendt and Rumi—and the idea that fear, not hate, is love’s opposite.
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Does a Slower Life Make Us Happier?
Read the essay →: Does a Slower Life Make Us Happier?A reflection on mindfulness, attention and the philosophers who remind us that a meaningful life cannot always be lived at speed.