Daily Archive for May 23rd, 2008

Quote of the Day

By Paulo Coelho

The body is the manifestation of God in the visible world
(Brida)

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Tales of the future - May we be forgotten

By Paulo Coelho

At the Sceta monastery, the abbot Lucas gathered the monks for the sermon.

- May you never be remembered - he said.

- What do you mean? - replied one of the brothers. - May our example not help those who might need it?

- In the days when everything was just, no one paid attention to exemplary people - answered the abbot. - Everyone gave their best, without pretensions, and so fulfilled their duty to their fellow men. They loved their neighbor because they understood that this was part of life, and they thought nothing of respecting a law of nature. They shared their possessions in order not to accumulate more than they could carry, since journeys last a lifetime. They lived together in freedom, giving and receiving, without demanding or blaming anything on others. That is why their deeds were not handed down, and there is no story known about them.

“I hope we can achieve the same thing in the present: to make goodness such a common thing, that there is no need to exalt those who practice it.”

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Memory: Forgetting Is the New Normal

Today in Digg, I found this interesting article by  Sue Halpern for the Time Magazine

Memory researcher Dr. Scott Small would like to reassure you that you’re not losing your wits. Visit him in his lab at Columbia University’s Medical Center, tell him how the last time you went to a party, you couldn’t put names to faces, how telephone numbers slip your mind, and he’ll walk to his blackboard, pick up a piece of chalk and draw two lines. One, he will tell you, represents age. The other is memory. “As age goes up, memory goes down,” he says. “Memory decline occurs in everyone.”

Anecdotally, that’s no surprise. Approach middle age, and it’s hard not to notice that your recall is flickering. This, we’re reassured, is perfectly normal–all your friends are complaining about the same thing, aren’t they?–and yet it doesn’t feel normal. You don’t just have your mind, after all; you are your mind, and nothing threatens your well-being so much as the feeling that it’s at risk. What’s more, while most memory loss is normal, at least some people must be part of the unlucky minority that develops Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. Why not you?

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To read the rest of the article, please go here.

Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

What is important?

You never know. You can only unravel it during the journey. It all starts with a sign that takes you from a point to the next. Or makes you think about an action you’re about to take.

Question of the Week

Recently I found this beautiful quote by the English poet - Ralph Hodgson

“Some things have to be believed to be seen”

Do you believe in this? Why?

It would be interesting to see your personal list of things that have to be believed to be seen.

Love,
Paulo