Mort from Latin, “dead”, and Gage, “pledge”. So a pledge or debt until death! Sounds scary, but as we understand the word today it just means we are qualified to finally own our own home!
In Sanskrit atma refers to the body, mind and consciousness (spirit) and rama meaning “pleasing, delightful, charming, or lovely”, from the root ram (to delight). Epicurus philosophy (Epicureanism) proposes the goal of ataraxia or calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet, both quite similar.
‘The act of harassing, intimidating, or abusing others, especially habitually or from a perceived position of relative power.’ Wow!, that doesn’t sound like something that I would be attracted to…
Jacques Barzun explains in ‘From Dawn to Decadence’, that for about the last 100 years we have entered a period of existence where there are basically no shared values which he terms as ‘decadence’…
Why not? Smile, it’s free and anyone can do it. Women, half the population, use it naturally as a form of defense. Laughter, the best medicine! If you are determined you can usually find some positive results from terrible happenings. Battlefields are where some of the greatest advancements in medical care are discovered!
Able to create value of considerable use, service, or importance. Am I, are you, or us as a group able to create advantages for our shared benefit? What is a New Years resolution, but developing a new habit which will be advantageous at least for me and hopefully for others…
We all have them, some more than others of course. However, are they not generally restrictions we self impose as we witness others with way less opportunities than ourselves who are improving their lives if only incrementally…
This is the Daoist concept of ‘doing without doing’, or perhaps from another angle, ‘perfect practice makes perfect’, and consequently ‘muscle memory’…
The first day of the week according to 94% of the world population who follow the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 8601) as the USA, Japan & Canada choose Sunday, go figure?
Survivability! We are all confronted with it consciously or unconsciously and how we deal with it says much about our character…