Tag: humans
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State of the World~
Where are we headed ? Our world today is hurting, women are crying, children are dying and the killing of innocents is just another daily story on the news… How did we become so desensitised to the pain of others? I see myself going about my day, doing my daily tasks, stopping for a moment…
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time to zoom out
Every once in a while I get this great longing to “zoom out”. It is a process I go through when things threaten to get heavy or dull. When I feel that life seems ordinary, loud alarm bells ring inside my mind, because in fact, nothing in this world is ordinary. Life is awesome and…
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Day9~ September 9th~ Tuscany
We live in a world where some of us need to be trained to protect the rest from each other. They are armed with weapons that could take away life or seriously injure any of us who decides to cause harm, take away another’s belongings, or threaten the peace by seriously misbehaving. It is almost…
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Day One Hundred Thirty Four, June 5, 2011
We humans are very quick to judge whether a person we see is a success or a failure, we are also very harsh in passing judgement even on ourselves. But the truth is no one is qualified to call another a failure. We are the only ones who can truly judge ourselves and we are…
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Day One Hundred Twenty Eight, May 30, 2011
In America, this day was dedicated to remembering and honoring all that have sacrificed their lives and died in the war serving their country. Lives have been lost on this planet ever since the very first battle, the first conquest, the first struggle for control. And what a pity. How amazing it would be if…
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Day Ninety Nine, May 1, 2011
Do you know who you neighbor is? I have been seeing this man around our neighborhood in Shanghai for almost 5 years. He is always on on his tricycle, always smoking, always collecting bits and pieces and riding away. How many people are inside the frames of our lives that we know absolutely nothing about?…