What makes us human?
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From time to time, I come across something that I truly wish that I had written: something that seems to express a facet of living in such a powerful way that it’s [...]
Restore yourself by silence
Forget most of those expensive, complex, often chemical cures for stress. Silence is often all you need.
Silence is the great revelation.
Lao Tzu
When you start to feel stressed and anxious, there are few better ways to cope than by finding a place and a space for a period of silence.
Our lives are spent in [...]
Tips to help you calm down in a crisis
Sometimes the only sane thing to do is walk away
When things go wrong and you start to feel overwhelmed, it’s easy to get stuck in the notion that you must somehow fight the problem. Our whole ethos is based on the idea of winning. But the wise person knows his or her limits and stays [...]
There isn’t always better than here
Sometimes getting and striving won’t make all that much difference
I enjoy stories that help explain important ideas in an amusing way, so I wanted to share this one that I came across recently.
One day, a cruise ship visited a small, rather remote tropical island. One of the tourists, looking around, complimented a local fisherman on [...]
