Jimmy Buffet Quote – Searching is Half The Fun
“Searching is half the fun: life is much more meaningful when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.” – Jimmy Buffet
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Poem – King Me (By Melissa Mendelson)
King Me The heat is on, and the race is gaining speed. Yet, a quiet falls, brushing against that worrying question, “Will we make another mistake,” and the serpent will wrap us warm. But she will suffocate us cold. He too may carry a forked tongue, but is there heart inside the tin man? We beg to linger on […]
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J.K. Rowling Quote – Empathy
“Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy.” – J.K. Rowling
Read moreMeister Eckhart Quote – In Darkness We Find The Light
“Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.” ― Meister Eckhart
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Birth Control May Be Linked To Depression
A study in JAMA Psychiatry found that women using hormonal birth control had an increased risk of receiving treatment for depression. Those on progestin-only pills or IUD’s were 34% more likely, respectively, to begin using antidepressants than women not on birth control.
Read moreIncome inequality in china
China’s wealth gap has widened so much that the country now one of the most unequal outside of sub-Saharan Africa. A respected Chinese institute found this week that China’s Gini coefficient, a number that represents income inequality, has soared from 0.41 a decade ago to 0.61 today. Anything over 0.5 is considered to be destabilizing, and South Africa, where opulent […]
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Nelson Mandela Quote – You Yourself Have Altered
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” – Nelson Mandela
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