Archive for the 'Life' Category

On real happiness

March 12th, 2008

 

Photo: Brad & Sabrina
As Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, once wrote, “happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

That most of us misunderstand happiness and look for it in the wrong places is not an unknown fact. We constantly suffer its illusion and blindly try to [...]

The art of *not* reading

March 5th, 2008

 

photo by: Kamal H.
Writing is the activity of giving thoughts material form, with the use of signs and symbols. Written materials, such as books, essays and webpages, are the materialization of someone’s thoughts. Thus, reading represents the assimilation of foreign thoughts in one’s own mind.

While we read, our mind is similar to a puppet in [...]

I, the person

February 25th, 2008

photo by: kennythompson1987

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly [...]

Smile, and smile, and…

February 23rd, 2008

photo by: tokyo ayano
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
We can be quite certain that many of us owe our life’s happiness to the circumstances in which we posses a pleasant smile and so win the hearts of others.
One doesn’t need to read many self-improvement blogs to notice that [...]

Minority Vs. Majority Vs. Truth

February 19th, 2008

 

photo by: Toni F.
Many people seem to base their ideas about what is “true” and what is “false” upon some form of majority opinion. Sometimes it is a simple majority vote, sometimes a statistical sampling, while other times the “general consensus” of all people around the world. Whatever form it has, the basic premise that [...]

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