Topic

Acceptance

2 essays on acceptance from the Consilium journal. Featuring Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, John Bowlby, Anton Chekhov. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Loss

How Do You Grieve Someone Still Alive?

Three thinkers disagree about grieving a living person. Kubler-Ross says name the loss. Bowlby says trace the bond. Chekhov says look at what your days contain.

Elisabeth Kubler-RossJohn BowlbyAnton ChekhovGriefLetting GoAcceptance

Loss

When Does Holding On Become Holding You Back?

Three thinkers disagree about when to let go. Lao Tzu says stop forcing it. Boethius says name what cannot be taken. Rollo May says the anxiety is the cost of freedom.

Lao TzuBoethiusRollo MayLetting GoAcceptanceCourage

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Anton Chekhov Boethius Elisabeth Kubler-Ross John Bowlby Lao Tzu Rollo May Courage Grief Letting Go

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