Once in a while, I like to take a step back from my daily concerns and ask myself what it means to live a good life. What would I be thinking about each day? What would I be saying and doing? The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. “A life well lived” is a classic saying found in many obituaries and the singular goal that a lot of ...

What constitutes a life well-lived? A new Michigan State University-led study is turning to a common cultural artifact to find out: the obituary. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An award-winning filmmaker will headline the concluding activities of an event series in Kalamazoo encouraging residents to engage with the question, “What is a life well lived?” On ...

(The Conversation) — Obituaries reveal shifting cultural values across time and place. Here’s a glimpse into how the moral vocabulary has evolved over several decades. (The Conversation) — Obituaries ...

After Ann Dahl’s death from cancer three years ago, her husband spent years editing her journals into the book “A Life Well Lived." Howard Dahl, longtime Fargo entrepreneur, pages through the book, "A ...

Regarding Ben Sasse’s op-ed “Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI” (May 9): Evidence of a life well lived is found in the lives one has changed for the better. By that measure, Mr. Sasse, you’re an ...

Obituaries function as time capsules that reflect what people, at any given moment in history, understand to be a life well-lived. By studying how obituaries evolve across time and context, we can ...

Had it not been for his great-niece, we couldn’t have shared the one about Jimmy Rasel in last Sunday’s newspaper. The 79-year-old Lone Pine man was beloved to all who met him, and Amanda McWreath ...

Few combine the art of living well with the science of living long as successfully as Deborah Szekely. The 85-year-old founder of two seminal spas — Rancho La Puerta and Golden Door (which is ...