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“Fall seven times, rise eight.” – JAPANESE PROVERB – (HECTOR GARCIA and FRANCESC MIRALLES)

Resilience isn’t just the ability to persevere. As we’ll see, it is also an outlook we can cultivate to stay focused on the...

11 June, 2021

Cynicism

Cynicism (Greek: κυνισμός) is a school of Ancient Greek philosophy as practiced by the Cynics (Greek: Κυνικοί, Latin: Cynici). For the Cynics, the...

10 June, 2021

What Physical Intelligence is … (CLAIRE DALE & PATRICIA PEYTON)

The term Physical Intelligence was first used in Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner in 1983. His work established our ini- tial understanding of different intelligences and learning styles. Gardner pro- posed that ‘bodily-kinaesthetic’ intelligence (intelligence derived through phys- ical, practical learning – demonstrated, for example,...

08 June, 2021

The two frogs (AESOP)

Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up, and they left it to look for another...

07 June, 2021

Humor is a gift; in some eyes, a gift from God (BRIAN LUKE SEAWARD)

The time had come for St. Peter's annual two-week vacation, and Jesus offered to fill in for him at the Pearly Gates while...

06 June, 2021

What does it mean to help my child become a good child? (JORDAN B. PETERSON) | Part B’

If society is corrupt, but not the individuals within it, then where did the corruption originate? How is it propagated? It’s a one-sided,...

05 June, 2021

What does it mean to help my child become a good child? (JORDAN B. PETERSON) | Part A’

Recently, I watched a three-year-old boy trail his mother and father slowly through a crowded airport. He was screaming violently at five-second intervals—and, more important,...

04 June, 2021

The King, the Sufi and the Surgeon (IDRIES SHAH)

In ancient times, a king of Tartary was out walking with some of his noblemen. At the roadside was an abdal (a wandering...

03 June, 2021

Prior Objectives

The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance. They were...

02 June, 2021

Revenge is based on a feeling of “inability” (MAX SCHELER)

Thirst for revenge is the most important source of ressentiment. As we have seen, the very term “ressentiment” indicates that we have to do with...

01 June, 2021