Editor’s Note: The Examiner is saddened to report that Richard Cirulli passed away on Sunday, March 12 after a recurring bout with cancer. He submitted this column late last month, and after conferring with friends and family, they asked that
Read More“I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself” Hermann Hesse By Richard Cirulli Existentialism is an unfamiliar word to most people even though many of
Read More“Man is born free but lives in chains-knowing these chains are self- imposed” –Rousseau By Richard Cirulli Existentialism deals with phenomenology, in simple terms the phenomenon of life. That raises various questions: Does our existence equal our essence of life?
Read More“I can show you, that when it starts to rain, everything’s the same, I can show you” The Beatles By Richard Cirulli It’s fair to say that our life is the song we sing, though we need to ask ourselves
Read More“There is something infantile in the presumption that somebody else has a responsibility to give your life meaning and point? The truly adult view, by contrast, is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we
Read More“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself” — Jean Paul Sartre By Richard Cirulli For us to better navigate our attempts to find meaning in our lives, we may want to consider our lives in perspective of
Read MoreDear Mr. Di Costanzo: Does my trust protect my assets if I need to go into a nursing home? Be careful! People often refer to a trust as a one-size-fits-all vehicle, yet there are many different types of trusts serving
Read More“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson By Richard Cirulli We can all agree we often find ourselves perplexed when we feel challenged by the gauntlet of life’s trials and tribulations. At
Read MoreBy Richard Cirulli “And you can be sure that if you’re feeling right A daydream will last long into the night Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears Or you may be daydreaming for a thousand years” –John
Read More“Laugh, laugh, I thought I’d die It seemed so funny to me Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught how it feels to be Lonely, or so lonely” –Beau Brummels By Richard Cirulli Few may be able to recall
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