Tag Archives: happiness

Happiness Is Living in Inwardness

By Robin Bates | Published: July 11, 2023

May Sarton probes the nature of happiness in this peaceful poem.

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Lit Is Aristotelian Road to Happiness

By Robin Bates | Published: December 8, 2015

Psychologists say that a strong sense of narrative identity can lead to the profound sense of happiness described by Aristotle. Literature helps us make sure we have available to us the best narratives.

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Pesticides vs. Sweetness and Wings

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2015

Monarch butterflies and bees are in grave danger. Poems by Scott Bates and Mary Oliver remind us what we will lose if we don’t move to protect them.

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The World’s a Stage–Choose Your Part

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2014

In his senior project, one of my students uses literature to examine life and literature to engage with it.

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