“How deeply you touch another life is how rich your life is.”–Sadhguru
I like this quote because it redefines wealth, which seems to be a primary concern of many. When I was growing up, I was spoiled by having the things I wanted, and I took them for granted. Yet, I also slowly realized that what [...]
A rich life
July 26th, 2010 · View Comments
Tags: culture · empowerment · health & well-being · human development
Conquering kvetching
July 2nd, 2010 · View Comments
How appropriate that my Jewish mother sent me this. I thought it was hilarious & timely, since I’m coming to terms with certain issues related to the theme of kvetching.
I checked out her son’s article in HuffPost, Frame It With Gratitude:
“One way to describe your experience would be to say, ‘This is so annoying I [...]
Tags: culture · empowerment · health & well-being · human development
Sadhguru praises “the feminine,” wins over world’s women
June 7th, 2010 · View Comments
Sadhguru’s Huffington Post piece from last week, If the Feminine Ruled This Planet, Life Would Be About Living, really struck a chord with me. Firstly, a caveat:
When I say feminine, I am not talking about it in terms of male-female; I am talking about it in terms of masculine-feminine.
Yes, but women certainly are implicated. The [...]
Tags: culture · economic development · empowerment · feminism · gender roles and division of labour · human development
Culture shock & conversation
May 25th, 2010 · View Comments
Kelly shares an experience of sexual harrassment and culture-shock while living in Cairo:
It took a long time for me to process that culture shock–perhaps I am still–but one thing I know is this: The conversation is dynamic between an individual and her environment and just as it would be absolutely absurd to respond in a conversation [...]
Tags: Sharings · culture · expat life · feminism · health & well-being · human development · violence against women/harrassment
Technology, empathy, ecstasy?
May 3rd, 2010 · View Comments
An article in the Huffington Post poses the question: Does Technology Reveal a Hidden Imperative Toward Empathy?
Christakis and James Fowler, associate professor at University of California-San Diego in the Department of Political Science, are coauthors of the recent book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives. They have shown that [...]
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