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Existentially Speaking

By Richard Cirulli

Existentially Speaking 

Will the New Normal Make Us All Existentialists?

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Examiner Media 190 Views 2 min read

“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

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Existentially Speaking 

All Trusts Are Not Created Equal

January 11, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 134 Views 1 min read

Dear 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

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Making Sure Life Isn’t Like a Pit Bull

December 7, 2021May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 462 Views 2 min read

“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

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It’s Best to Think of Daydreaming as Theater of the Mind

November 8, 2021May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 372 Views 3 min read

By 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

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Having a Hearty Laugh Until it Hurts – at Your Expense

October 12, 2021October 15, 2021 Examiner Media 498 Views 4 min read

“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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Anger: Our Self-Inflicted Fury of Revenge

September 10, 2021 Examiner Media 630 Views 3 min read

By Richard Cirulli “We have to count the letters of the alphabet and gather ourselves before we say something we regret.” –Athenodorus In this month’s column, I will address the topic of anger; a state of mind which we all

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Butwhatifits: Who Drives Your Chariot?

June 2, 2021 Examiner Media 816 Views 4 min read

By Richard Cirulli “I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot.” Ingmar Bergman Butwhatifits.   It’s slang for the feeling one gets that despite all the planning and accomplishments, you come to realize you got

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Finding Ways to Overcome Being Shortchanged in the Lottery of Life

May 4, 2021May 10, 2021 Examiner Media 1105 Views 4 min read

By Richard Cirulli It is fair to say that life is a lottery, with our birth being the first drawing, rendering us little choice of our looks, intelligence, social status and health.  These are only the visible sides of our

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Searching for Ways to Straighten Our Crooked Timber of Humanity

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 Examiner Media 819 Views 3 min read

By Richard Cirulli This is my first of a series of columns that will take a tongue-in-cheek approach to applying philosophy as a means to help us improve our mental outlook on life in the hope of using humor to

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Surfing Through Life Each Wave at a Time

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 Examiner Webmaster 468 Views 1 min read

By Richard Cirulli As we reach the evening of our life, we find ourselves with more free time on our hands to reminisce and self-reflect – like watching an old movie in rewind. We amuse ourselves with memories of our

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