humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
What Multicultural Families Bring To The World
Multicultural households are becoming increasingly prevalent as time goes on. I've always been fascinated by people from other cultures. I've always been inquisitive about the world around me since I was a child. My mother and I often make light of the fact that she did not raise me in a multilingual household. I had no choice but to complete all of the language learning on my own! Though I did not have such a fortunate upbringing, a growing number of children are growing up in a multicultural environment. I've always been interested in learning about different cultures, but I've recently become even more captivated by what it means to grow up in a multicultural home. I'm an American living in France who got engaged recently! My fiancé was born in Japan but raised in France. As a result, we'll be able to share our respective cultures of the United States, France, and Japan with one another and our families! It's both thrilling and lovely. Every day, I learn something new about Japanese and French culture, and the distinctions I notice frequently inspire me dig deeper into my own American culture. I frequently find myself wondering why Americans conduct certain things in such a different way than other countries. My insatiable curiosity constantly leads to fresh discoveries.
By Gina Stefan4 years ago in Humans
What New Hobbies Can Bring To Our Lives?
Like most of us, I've always believed that I was destined for greatness. I was certain as a child that I wanted to and would one day be a Broadway star, but then my desire shifted to international best-selling novelist the next day. To be honest, there hasn't been much change since then. I'm constantly daydreaming. I don't even have a single fantasy. It's a lot of fun to imagine all of the places where a series of behaviors could lead us. I also enjoy fantasizing about all the things I could learn if I had a little more time. Piano classes, Spanish lessons, and fencing lessons! In this life, there is so much to do! Though I enjoy daydreaming on a regular basis, when Covid transformed the world, I realized I hadn't acted on these unplanned whims of inspiration in a long time.
By Gina Stefan4 years ago in Humans
Generosity
Recently, I've been thinking a lot about altruism. If people exercised benevolence and empathy as a skill, Zaki projected that this propensity would last until the coronavirus pandemic. "I think the length, the sheer duration of this tragedy, the fact that we're all locked in this new normal together," he continued, "gives us the opportunity to form shared ties that could last a very long time."
By Gina Stefan4 years ago in Humans
Religion
Every day we run into countless strangers. People we will likely never know and are unlikely to see again. How do you know that when you get into the car and drive to work you are not going to get hit by someone running a red light? We could say it is because there are traffic laws and there are consequences for breaking them. When we get into our cars, we believe that other people accept these laws and that they are going to abide by them. They likely would want to get home safely as well. While at work you ask a co-worker whom you are not related to, know nothing about their personal life and have no relationship with outside of work to help you. Your co-worker will help you; however, because they believe that you would help them in a similar situation. You both believe that you work for the company and will receive a paycheck from the company. It is because we believe that cooperating with one another furthers us both in some way that we can cooperate.
By Emily Dangil4 years ago in Humans
Increasing Knowledge Increases Sorrow
Alright, after a while the hand started to touch a feather. No rap yet. The name of the memo is the quote that comes on my mind from time to time. This is a pretty deep one from the bible that might require some interpretation but can be understood when you’re trying to reflect on your life a little. And by that I mean that thinking of experiences you've had so far can be blooming of this quote into a projection of your life.
By Risky4real4 years ago in Humans
Synchronicity
“Man as he has appeared up to the present is the embryo of the man of the future; all the formative powers which are to produce the latter, already lie in the former: and owing to the fact that they are enormous, the more promising for the future the modern individual happens to be, the more suffering falls to his lot. This is the profoundest concept of suffering. The formative powers clash. The isolation of the individual need not deceive one—as a matter of fact, some uninterrupted current does actually flow through all individuals, and does thus unite them. The fact that they feel themselves isolated, is the most powerful spur in the process of setting themselves the loftiest of aims: their search for happiness is the means which keeps together and moderates the formative powers, and keeps them from being mutually destructive.”
By C. Rommial Butler4 years ago in Humans
A Walking Life isn’t about famous walkers
Ask yourself this question: would you be able to walk anyplace you needed or wanted to go if you walked outside your door? Are you able to walk to a store, a library, school, or your place of employment? What's holding you back if your answer is "no"? Distance, highways, private property, sidewalks that are broken, missing, or inaccessible?
By Gina Stefan4 years ago in Humans
The False Dichotomy of Spirituality and Science
I am a teacher, and I get asked this question a lot by teenagers. It's pretty much inevitable that I'll be asked since I teach students about the Big Bang Theory, natural selection, Miller-Urey demonstrations, and the formations of life-giving stars throughout the galaxy. As a teacher employed by the state, I must be very careful to keep the conversation secular and not encourage or discourage any particular religion or even atheism. Before I respond to my students, I always ask them what they mean when they say “God”. It’s a question that almost no one ever asks. What exactly is a God, and I am talking about a God with a capital G. Traditionally, people have referred to a God with a capital G when they mean a Christian God, but in my personal opinion, this gives Christianity too much ownership of a term that can represent so much more than its version of the entity. I am not Christian, but that doesn’t mean that I do not think that a God can exist. The problem with discussions about God is that people make assumptions without providing a definition. Person A hears the term God because person B made a comment about it. Person A assumes that person B means Christian God associated with tablets, burning bushes, and forbidden fruit, but person B is really referring to a kind of super consciousness. Person B could also be referring to Shiva or Vishnu or even Zeus! The point is that there's often a discrepancy that both are unaware of as they continue to debate the issue or answer a question about God. Before I get into any discussion about God, I always define the term first. For purposes of this discussion, but not all discussions, let us define God as an entity that is capable of knowing all things simultaneously and responsible for creating the universe including the rule set within it. I suppose this definition could include a Christian God, but is not limited to one.
By Steven Allen4 years ago in Humans
And So It Begins
Lights up: The stage is empty except for a young WOMAN sitting cross-legged on the floor. She casually checks out her surroundings, not expecting to see anything special. She performs a stretch or two, just to pass the time, looks at her nails, sighs heavily. We hear a brief ruckus offstage, then a young MAN bursts onstage. He is exhausted, but elated. At the moment of his entrance, the WOMAN leaps to her feet, horrified.
By Joyce Sherry4 years ago in Humans
