Know Thyself….
Have YOU ever REALLY looked at YOU own eyes? Go to a mirror and really stare into them. Study them.
Do you think there is anyone whose eyes you’ve REALLY looked at like this? Is there anyone whom you could recognize just from their eyes? Next time you are sharing personal space with someone whom you really like, study their eyes and see if you really ‘recognize’ them, and will you from here on out?… more “Know Thyself Post #40”
Know Thyself….
I think there are two type of people:
Which are YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #39”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from HISTORY?
WIBCI the word IMMIGRANT wasn’t a dirty word? When were YOUR ancestors immigrants? When did YOUR lineage switch from immigrants to citizens? Lucky it wasn’t today huh?
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #39”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from HISTORY/WRITTEN WORD?
The Tragedy of the Commons, is the concept popularized in 1968 by ecologist Garrett Hardin as an economic problem where individuals exploit shared resources for personal/selfish gain leading to overuse, demand outstripping supply, overuse and depletion.
In the story there is a lake that supplies food for a nearby village. There are four fisherman and the lake has 12 fish; each pair will produce a full size fish overnight. If each fisherman takes one fish each day, there will remain 4 pairs of fish that will have 4 fish overnight, equaling 12 fish and therefore; the lake will continuously supply the village with food every day.
If one fisherman takes two fish the lake will quickly be depleted and there will be no food for the village.
AKA
What’s good for all of us is good for each of us.
Imagine if our current leaders understood this…………
What do YOU Think?
Watch this Great video on ted.com… more “WIBCI Post #38”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
‘Service to others is the rent you pay for your room on Earth.’
– Muhammed Ali
Do YOU agree?
What rent have YOU paid?… more “Know Thyself Post #38”
Know Thyself….
Can YOU keep a secret? Don’t just answer, think about it.
Do others think YOU are someone who could be trusted?
Does it matter to YOU?… more “Know Thyself Post #37”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from HISTORY and POLITICS?
“The ultimate moral test of any government is the way it treats three groups of its citizens. First, those in the dawn of life — our children. Second, those in the shadows of life — our needy, our sick, our handicapped. Third, those in the twilight of life — our elderly.”
-Hubert Humphrey (U.S. Vice President from 1965 to 1969)
How do YOU think our government treats these three groups?… more “WIBCI Post #37”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from LITERATURE?
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”
-Pearl Buck (author of Good Earth etc.)
What do YOU think is the test of a civilization?
How do YOU think we care for our ‘helpless members’?… more “WIBCI Post #36”
Know Thyself through POLITICS:
Jimmy Carter (U.S. President from 1977 to 1981) said:
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
Do YOU think we are strong?
Know Thyself through LITERATURE/WRITTEN WORD/LYRICS:
‘I’ve been waitin’ on a war since I was young
Since I was a little boy with a toy gun
Never really wanted to be number one
Just wanted to love everyoneIs there more to this than that?
Is there more to this than that?
Is there more to this than that?’– Foo Fighters Waiting on a War
Do YOU ever feel like this?…………… more “Know Thyself Post #35”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If: we learned from PHILOSOPHY?
WIBCI: we understood and took control of fear?
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.
Dalai Lama
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Gautama Buddha
Do YOU feel that when you think about your future, is it with excited anticipation or fear? I believe the external world inserts the fear and knowing yourself diminishes it, what do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #35”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from WRITTEN WORD/LITERATURE/LYRICS?
‘They laugh at me because I’m different; I laugh at them because they’re all the same.’
-Kurt Cobain
Are YOU more different or more the same?
Are the people YOU admire in the ‘public eye’ more different or more the same?
Are the people YOU admire in personal life more different or more the same?
Know Thyself :
Think about this:
Do YOU have any tattoos?
If yes:
If no:
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If POLITICS learned from LITERATURE?
In an essay by George Orwell about Charles Dickens, he says that the constant message throughout Dickens’ novels is:
‘If men behaved decently, the world would be decent.’
He doesn’t speak of upending the existing systems, nor give suggestions on how to fix that which is broken he just brings truths to our attention.
What do YOU think about his statement? Do YOU think this is still true today? Why or why not?
Know Thyself:
Try this:
Take off your shoes, and socks if possible.
Walk 10 paces in any direction.
Now walk 10 paces and really use all your toes, the ball of your foot and your heal.
Move about fully conscious of every part of your feet, ankles and limbs.
Notice how strong you can feel, how balanced and in control.
Imagine how conscious YOU could be doing anything with focus….what would YOU do?… more “Know Thyself Post #33”
