Modern Life is Rubbish

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage and kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” ~ Howard Zinn.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Man's Search for Meaning 'excerpt' by Victor Frankl


Posting this as a record to remind myself that life is worth living...

"If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering."

Experiences in a Concentration Camp


Saturday, January 7, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Three Reasons Why


There is a song by my favourite singer, Nik Kershaw called "One World". It is about humanity sharing a common aspirations, living in the same place we called Earth. That we are actually not much different from each other.

These three comments convey so succinctly why we need to reject the present government. They were taken from the post "What Sayest Thou?" written by a very good writer. The article ask readers questions on another excellent post written earlier "Smack in the Eye of the Storm".

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Ten Life's Philosophy for a Six-Year-Old Living in a Modern World

The start of a new year already. And i still have nothing much to say.

So, inspired by a post from a good blogger friend (where she nentioned Albert Camus' philosophy of absurdism again), and in the spirit of Einstein's "if you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself", here goes:

You see a box of delicious chocolate and a bowl of yummy ice-cream on the table. And let's say there is a little boy named Johnny and a little girl called Mary. Different people see life differently.