Collectivism as main category

I blame myself. I am the one reading this melancholy of tragic reality and sitting back with my finger pointed at the rich and the corporate elite, government, military, and all factions of industry that [...]

We do not appreciate life for the enjoyment or blessedness in being alive. A life journey has become a struggle to reach some monetary goal, prioritizing financial attainment and management all the way to death. [...]

Different people identify shades of the same color as different colors altogether. We must try to understand the world in others’ defined colors to know which shade of a color they call “green” is what [...]

I heard this story for the first time from a medical school intern. After all the years it still resonates with me. A doctor had a patient at the hospital. The old man was diagnosed [...]

In a world filled with forwarded inspirational posts, we must trace back about 2,500 years to remember the words of Socrates: “Let him who would move the world firstly move himself.”    If every one [...]

There was a boy holding two apples in his hands. His father smilingly asked his son to give him one of those apples. The boy took a bite of one apple and then, unconventionally, took [...]

Much is developed for love by providing assistance for others in ways that are within one’s capacity. When one acts in love through labor and investment of their hard-earned savings (whether through charity or development) [...]

We prefer to think that our misguidance affects no one but ourselves, yet that is simply not true. What we do impacts others whether we know it, like it, or not.    People observe what [...]

Baghdad was a marvel. Alexandria was a marvel. Cairo was a marvel. Constantinople was a marvel. Mecca was a marvel. Persepolis was a marvel. Beirut was a marvel, and Damascus was a marvel.   What [...]

I was questioning the influence that may persuade nations to commit to a peaceful resolve and monumental alliance. I remember being taught that music is the universal language. But today it would appear that money [...]

“Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir.” (French proverb)   The proverb translates to, “Prevention is better than healing.” Surely, we can stop healing the consequential pain of separatism in all ideologies if we adhere to a [...]

“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.” (Albert Camus) The clergy walks in front of us; in [...]