"The unexamined life is not worth living." So said Socrates, or so the legend goes.Well, he was right.In these short essays, I look at the big L, Life. Since no one lives in a vacuum, there is much inside these pages for everyone, from health and happiness to pursuing one's purpose to imagination to poetry. There are thoughts on transcendence and philosophy, on living happily versus living for the herd, on living modestly as opposed to thoughtlessly or greedily.