Look Inward

....began to look inward, at themselves, and at the categories of gender, cultural, and political identity in which they were entangled, feeling that if Indonesians engaged in more introspection, really came to know themselves, much of the conflict in society could be avoided (Titarubi, 2004)

The Best Invention of Life

And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent

(Steve Jobs, 1955-2011)

It's here to stay

Yes, the internet is a scary place. But we've known for a long time that, like rock n'roll, it's here to stay.

(Kristy Roschke, high school teacher)

so you think you can make conclusions from reading a person's eyes & facial expression??

I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells

Nobody knows what's at the bottom

All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while

(Haruki Murakami)

faith & doubt

Me found a very good article in New Yorker on faith & doubt. Click through the color link...

facebook sonnet

We are in an era where we can watch television online. Here's the digital age sonnet:

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

Is a Challenge to be Soft

Soft is harder than the hardest hard.Sweetness is stronger always. These are difficult realizations for any human beings but what it is to be strong and female means to be brazenly feminine, not merely to imitate or be the counterpart to the masculine (Black Diamond Field; Sarah Sophie Flicker & Maximilla Lukacs).

Feminism

'I've never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.'

(Rebecca West)

Be What it Is

Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. Now nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is.

(Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bee)