Philosophy has always been a broad subject and one that I have never quite mastered. Even as a youngster at university, with my window to the future ahead of me, I could only attempt to understand the theories and philosophy of our universe.

As I am getting older, I am starting to realise that we will never have all the answers. All we can hope for is an understanding of the philosophy that is relevant to our own meaning, the philosophy which defines our life and that of the people closest to us and that is what I am now trying to uncover.

What I do find is that in some ways philosophy does become easier to understanding in later life, once we have lived through certain experiences. As a youngster you cannot begin to even imagine half of the concepts as they have no depth of meaning. (more...)