Category: Development EN

Source: 1 Million Women  

A powerful, beautiful poem reminding us why we should honour and support our loved ones as they face frailty of mind and body. (Image via Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition)  

When most people think of the word education, they think of a pupil as a sort of animate sausage casing. Into this empty casing, the teachers are supposed to stuff education. But genuine education, as Socrates knew more than 2,000 years ago, is not inserting the stuffings of information into a person, but rather eliciting knowledge from him; it is the drawing out of what is in the mind, writes...

Look no further than these 3 places to know how precious life is, and why you should live it to the fullest. (Pic credit: The Books Brook via Book Troverts)  

(A wisdom story) Source: Psyche Wizard                      

There is a movement that originated in Denmark, where instead of borrowing a book to read a story, you borrow a person instead. The idea, established in 2000, is to "publish people as open books" so that a person can ask questions of someone's life and experience and understand issues better. These Human Library projects now exist in over 80 countries. The concept is simple – that stereotypes...

Take a moment to read this 113-year-old poem, whose message is more relevant than ever today. Written in 1911, it teaches us to open the door to a richer, fuller existence – slow down and reconnect with the world. There are lessons in patience, grace, and harmony if we pause long enough to notice the world around us. The small moments where we simply stop to appreciate the beauty around us is...

Reading = Knowledge (Illustration via Remember fb)