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The problem with the idea of punishment is that it becomes harder and harder to differentiate between punishing another for the wrongs they did, punishing another for your own past sufferings, and punishing one's self out of pure habit.
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It was never easy for me to say goodbye. Never is. Never will be.
Especially to someone close to my heart…
Nearly two years ago, another person I know left this world to be with the Lord. Yesterday, I was at Sta. Rita, Bulacan with some friends to visit his grave. His family was there as well. A mass was held in remembrance of him. There was no more crying; only smiles and happy conversations… albeit there will always be that tug of sadness in the heart. It was unspoken but definitely felt….
Today, he would’ve been 24 years old, finishing his sophomore year in medical school…
For you, Stephen. We miss you.
(http://makemeaninstrument.blogspot.com/2009/03/basta-ikaw.html)
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http://www.avaaz.org/en/pope_benedict_petition/?cl=204030979&v=3051
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This is my answer to the question of why an object traveling close to the speed of light would gain mass instead of moving faster, and why time would slow down in such a case.
In the limited 3D dimension, the movement of energy has limitations.
Light has photonic energy flowing in a positive unified direction that gives it its overall fast speed. Dense matter has atomic energy that flows in negative conflicting directions that gives it its overall slow speed.
Energy itself cannot transform negative into positive flowing energy.
Propulsion energy added to dense matter is therefore channeled into the negative conflicting energy of its atoms that creates more mass, rather than faster propulsion speed.
Time would slow down with the increase in negative flowing energy(in added mass) as it is what the brain uses to gauge the flow of time.
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Thank you… Thank you… Thank you… Thank you… Oh & one thing more… Thank you… for such an unforgettable evening with you & your friends… It will remain indelibly embedded in my heart… forever ♡
… but please, please find someone who filmed our/your dear Paula Bracannot’s unbelievably earth moving, dare I say, sensual rendition of “Hallelujah”… my camera ran out of film at the wrong moment ;-(
… & please upload it for all to see… it did not go unnoticed…
Paula… you are sensational… (& if your husband will excuse me just for a minute)… I Love You! Blame your uncle for privacy zero ;) Paul
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I feel society has gone downhill. So many judgements and everyone likes to put their poison onto others. If we all just worked a little bit to give every one an equal chance, we wouldn’t have to worry about becoming something in our lives. If we got rid of all those judgments that stop people from doing what they desire, then we simply would have a lot more to look at and appreciate in this world. We just need to open our eyes and heart to realize that there are other people in this world.
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and the really astounding final few words - is that “this international crime” … these deaths are actually preventable
Health care this is:
accessible
availabile
affordable
effective
here is the funding org report excerpt
“worldwide, every minute, a woman dies as a result of childbirth and another 110 women experience life-threatening complications; for 20 of these women, they will suffer with lifelong disabilities. Of the 380 pregnancies that occur every minute, about 40% of them are unplanned or unwanted. 40 women per minute have an abortion, many in countries where abortion is illegal and therefore unsafe. Once considered only a public health issue, maternal mortality is now recognised as one that is closely linked to poverty and to development. The untimely deaths of mothers have serious consequences for the economic and social development of a country, with the most immediate effects borne by families. When a mother dies or is disabled, household income drops and the care of surviving children and other family members is threatened. Maternal mortality is also related to gender inequality and the status of women: educated and empowered women marry at an older age, have fewer children, are more likely to seek care during and after their pregnancy, and are less likely to die in childbirth “
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i’m struggling through a maternal health project -
implementation is in northern ghana - rural inaccessible communitites with few services and facilities. During rainy season most are cut off…
these are some of the factors that bring high maternal mortality.
MMR is one of the Millenium Development Goals …no. 5..
for a global snapshot - here are some stats:
- an estimated 536,000 deaths a year : 99% in developing countries… of which over half occur in sub-saharan Africa.
- preventing unwanted pregnancy would avert about a third of maternal deaths. a lack of family planning and many un-safe abortions result.
one community we are looking to work in has had 2 maternal deaths in 20 years [even before roads and district hospital too!!]; Im struggling to justify this as a good location; though the network - which we hope to test ..through pilot use of ICT - is right.
It seems like another project where there is poor targetting of funding for the benefit of compliance or convenience…
so here’s my next struggle - to pursuade the boss to change his mind ;o/
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Hello everyone,I hope you’ll have a great day :)
http://www.raisingmalawi.org/
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Amitabh..
spending quality time with your mum is a good gift ;o)x
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I came face to face with LIFE and DEATH today. There was a funeral and the burial of a young life, extinguished before it has even began. And then there was a birth, a coming of new life.
I am finding it very hard to understand WHY these two conflicting chains of events took place in my world today.
I went to church and asked God “Why me? What am I suppose to learn from this extremities of joys and sorrow?” But there was no answer, at least none that I could hear of.
Am I trying too hard… to understand how the invisible hand of God moves? Am I trying too hard… to make sense of things that at times defies all reason and logic? Am I trying too hard… to find a deeper meaning to something as simple as when a life ends, another begins?
I asked the person I trust my life with to help me gain perspective. His reply to me did not really help. But as always, with his parting words, I have found my perspective.
Things happen all the time, without us knowing why, or worse ~ without us realising it had happen. And it is not in knowing the “why” or “how”, but rather in the “now”.
I shall ponder no more for tonight. It has happened. The dead has been buried. The birth has been welcomed.
It is now time for this by-stander to “Start Living.” Cos if I don’t ~ the real lesson would have been lost.
As it was said by Paulo in Veronika Decides to Die; a para extract from page 209:
“Dr Igor pondered the arguments long and hard and decided that it didn’t really matter. She would consider each day a miracle ~ which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.”
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I’d like to share an entry called, “Five Steps To Changing Any Behavior” I just posted on my blog:
“From quitting smoking to eating healthier to exercising regularly to getting more organized, most of us have a list of behaviors we’d like to begin (or end) that resist our attempts to do so. As a physician, I find myself giving advice about changing habits on a daily basis. Even though many of my patients are able to succeed in making desired changes in the short term, most of them revert to their original behaviors in the long term. What, then, are effective ways to alter behavior on a permanent basis?”
For the rest of the post, please visit my blog at http://happinessinthisworld.com
Enjoy!
Alex
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The problem with the idea of punishment is that it becomes harder and harder to differentiate between punishing another for the wrongs they did, punishing another for your own past sufferings, and punishing one’s self out of pure habit.
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Today is my mum’s birthday! I wish I could do something to make her happier.
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As per my resolution this year,
I promised to finish one of the book written by you, “Eleven minutes”.
Yesterday, I finished the book and the story of prostitute, “Maria”.
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Below is my review for your work “Eleven minutes”
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Well done, the book is written in very social context where life of an ordinary human being is conceptualized. Especially, the sex workers in Europe and their living condition. There are many places where you have tried to show the real picture and difference between sex and sacred sex. These two are completly two different elements in human life.
Maria chose a life she wanted, she wanted to show her parents that she could live independent and at the same time she also wanted to be loved. (Fantasy world and get a love of her life), she was driven my sense of passion for material world which took her to brothel.
Very interestingly written and well-researched on the topic of prostitution. Despite in some places, same stuffs were repeated like (orgasm, money, job etc) and it was little difficult to understand why she/Maria could not choose to go back and live her life in Brazil ? If she wanted she could have easily gone back but why not? But again as you mentioned in the book, she was looking for adventure and so on.
Anyways, Good work and I will give you my rating for the book-
Rating: 4/5
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There are couple of things, that popped out in my mind-
1. I am predicting that hopefully, you will be awarded with “Nobel Prize in Literature” during your lifetime or maybe after that.
2. Keep up your good work and all the best in your future projects.
God bless you !
and
God bless you all !
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