From Time Immemorial Towards the end of March this year, I watched the 10th episode of the final season [6] of the wildly popular TV Series LOST. Titled Ab Aeterno, which is a Latin phrase that means “from an infinitely remote time in the past”, the episode tells Richard Alpert’s back story. Having accidentally killed [...]
“Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.” – Henry Miller (1891 – 1980) Six Degrees The Six Degrees of Separation or “Human Web” concept has been explored in various literally works and the [...]
Elie Wiesel First off, the Perils of Indifference is a speech Elie Wiesel gave on 12 April 1999, in Washington, D.C. Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust at Auschwitz. For this very reason, he is an undisputed authority on what humanity, or better still – the lack of it, really is. He experienced untold crimes against [...]
Critical Thinking is a vital part of development and cognition. Every action is predicated on one’s thought process, it’s therefore imperative that the thinking itself be healthy and forward-looking. Critical Thinking: Tools For Taking Charge Of Your Professional And Personal Life, was published in 2002 by the Financial Times Prentice Hall. It’s written by Richard [...]
Following is a TED Talk by Eve Ensler, founder of the Vagina Monologues. Be edified: Learn, share and be safe & secure. // Share|
The following poem is a lovely reminder of just how awesome we are indeed. Yeah, we are special. Be edified: SPECIAL There is a special place in life that needs my humble skill a certain job I’m meant to do, nobody else can fill The hours are demanding and the pay is not too good [...]
“We are each the authors of our own lives… there is no way to shift the blame, and no one else to accept the accolades.” – Paul McGill (in A Woman of Substance) Pathology Late last year, I watched the movie Pathology. It is a sick thriller in which a group of residents studying pathology [...]
“Hope is the bridge that connects you to where you want to go Faith assures you that the bridge will hold Love gives you a reason to cross it.” Looking back at the days I was in college, I realize that life at the time accorded us many luxuries we cannot have in adult life. [...]
TED Talks I have lately been on a TED Talks binge, both on Peter’s Walkabout and on Green Kenya. I cannot seem to get enough of these talks. They truly are ideas worth sharing. So, today I present one of my top favorite TED Talks. Jonathan Haidt On 20th March, I wrote about Jonathan Haidt’s [...]
Over a decade ago, I stumbled upon the first stanza of the following poem by Madeline Bridges. She is the Associate Dean for Academic Studies and Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at Belmont University. That alone changed my life. It has been a principal source of motivation as I continually seek [...]
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