100,000,000,000 today. 100,000,000,000 tomorrow. 100,000,000,000 the next day. …and the day after that. It doesn’t take a math genius to figure out that that’s a lot. The number, 100 billion, represents the number of emails sent and received in the world every day. Sure a lot are spam, many automated responses, and even more are […]
It’s 5:30 am, time to rise. The world isn’t waiting for you, in fact it’s been going steadily on as you decided to call it quits, decided to turn in for the night, your eyes bloodshot and sore. As you closed your eyes for hours, millions of others around the world continued to improve. To […]
Here’s to the free giver The one who volunteers Time, money, resources With no expectation in return Except for personal gratification To foster the next generation Or simply to reduce taxes Market norms accelerate The behavior towards the gift But the brightest gift of all Is when it is freely given The beauty rests not […]
Do you remember what happened in 1861? What about who was President of the United states in 1904? Which act was the final one to lead the colonialists to rebel against the British? Do you know? Does it have a significance in your life? Why would you know any of these things? Humans love stories. […]
Imagine doing these: Read Tolstoy as you’re next in line to order food. Admire the complexity of Rembrandt as you wait for the subway two minutes away. Ignore your friend’s story about work for a second to muse the meaning of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major. Contemplate the arguments of Plato as you sit […]