This, I learned from someone who used to work as an ER doctor. Don’t just do something. Just stand there, until you know what to do. I think the lesson there is not to do anything for the sake of doing something. Many of us feel that inaction = unproductive …
By now, you probably know what really turns me on. In the world of Everything Has Been Said Before (particularly among personal development/self improvement circles), what really engages me and inspires me is reading personal stories — because there’s really no such thing as an ordinary life. Everybody’s life experience …
Depression is a cruel state. It robs you of an ability to have hope or feel joy. You stop being you — you become a lesser version, the one that doesn’t remember the normal you. Here are some realizations that I gained through my own healing experience. Knowing and applying …
First, the confession. I do not know what went down in Rwanda in 1994. And I can’t begin to comprehend the depth of the problems there. That said, this article about a Rwandan woman has been haunting my mind ever since I read it in May of 2008. In it, …
Note: This is the digest version of a longer essay. — In a continuing discussion about children and learning, I’d like to share my family’s view and philosophy on this matter. It mainly deals with what we force our children to learn, and what we don’t. The Fundamental First of …