When I was a kid, I remember watching as a neighborhood boy was chased out of his house by his mother. She ran after him, shouting, “I’ll teach you to back-talk me!” I was confused. Surely, this boy ...

A reflective look at Seneca’s 'On the Shortness of Life', unpacking how time slips away through distraction, ambition, and delay. The piece draws out lessons on attention, mortality, and intention, ...