The Meaning of Life?
We run around in our lives pursuing happiness. We worry about finding meaning. We fret in case we…
Month: November 2011
Half the Sky
In the Introduction to their book, Half the Sky, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, recount the story…
All Change…
On the 6th of December, 1992 racial riots broke out between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Ayodhya,…
Two Races of Men
We worry about our differences when we should really concentrate on the ways we are similar. We…
If You Saw A Child About to Fall in a Well…
Mencius a fourth-century BCE Chinese thinker and disciple of Confucius, taught that human beings have within them everything…
The Moral Molecule
In an experiment to examine the effects of the hormone oxytocin on social interaction, neuroeconomist Paul Zak made…
Love is a Dynamo – Part III
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. The…
Love is a Dynamo – Part II
Love is like pi natural, irrational, and VERY important. Lisa Hoffman ______________________________________________ Original Caption: A youngster, clutching his…
Love is a Dynamo – Part I
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can…