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Parents often say, “I’d die for my child.” I heard a few of the parents in the grief group express the wish to trade places with their deceased children—to die so their children could live. After the war, I felt the same way. I would have gladly died to bring my parents and grandparents back.
But now I know that instead of dying for my dead, I can
... See moreEger, Edith Eva • Gift : 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Grief and life nudges
According to the Vedas, religion operates based on a set of do’s and don’ts. Religion provides these guidelines to ensure that our pursuit of wealth and joy in this world is sustainable, non-harmful, and ultimately beneficial for our spiritual growth. The do’s refer to actions that are ultimately good for us but may not come naturally. The don’ts
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“Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.” - Steven Pressfield
The antidote to envy is one's own work. Always one's own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it. But the doing of it… [T]he work itself. It drives the spooks away.
-Bonnie Friedman
the beauty of that is just capturing life as it unfolds capturing moments how people relate to each other that's my favorite kind of way to work is just walking around and photographing life as as it actually is
Photographer Steve McCurry looks back on a life spent capturing iconic moments
“Companies are people, my friend.”
In most jurisdictions around the world, corporations are considered “persons”. This means that these corporations are legally independent entities with rights, and can be held accountable separately from the people that work for these corporations. Alternative legal structures for corporations do exist and some
... See moreMatt Orsagh from Degrowth is the Answer • What if We Gave Nature Legal Rights?
But many individuals like driving, flying and eating beef. They feel the climate movement wants to take away things they enjoy...
They do. There’s different kinds of pleasure in life, right? Like getting deeply involved in your community, or feeling like you’re involved in something deeply meaningful, like humanity getting on a better course and the... See more
They do. There’s different kinds of pleasure in life, right? Like getting deeply involved in your community, or feeling like you’re involved in something deeply meaningful, like humanity getting on a better course and the... See more
Ian Tucker • Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’
In other words, love is not just a way to be good, or to follow the teachings of Jesus, but a means of transforming our disconnection and suffering. Love is essential in healing our wounds. Love helps us survive and overcome the distress caused by our “enemies” and the antagonistic and adverse conditions they transmit. Love helps us heal the... See more