Why are we kinder to others than we are to ourselves? Because once we leave our friend to go home, we do not dwell on what happened. We see all the great things about them, understand that they made a mistake, and move on. But when it is ourselves, we dwell in the quicksand of… Read More Detachment is key
I don’t know nearly enough to give a profound opinion on the tragic, heart-breaking death of the Chinese Toddler struck by two vans. However, between that and all the other news about suffering children and teenagers (I’m thinking about the recent suicides by bullied teenagers), I can’t help but wonder: how as a race are… Read More The Death of the Chinese Toddler
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The episode “Alone in the World”, the third of Fringe’s fourth season, is mostly a study on this timeline’s Walter, bringing out aspects of his personality previously explored in both of the previous timelines’ universes (wow, all these timelines and universes are really complicating things!). But, typical of this show, light is shed very differently… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 3: “Alone in the World”
I am all for eliminating greed; but would corporate greed exist if personal greed did not exist? And how many of us can claim that, at the very least, we are striving to not be greedy?
Build in your successes while remembering your failures. That way, you are working your way up while avoiding the same mistakes you already made.
I got published. Yes, me, Sahar, I have a book on the shelves. I dreamt of this day for a long time, but it often felt like the odds of getting published were decreasing proportionally to the growing pile of rejection letters on my desk. I held on to those letters for the longest time,… Read More The Day I Got Published, or When Life Became a Little Surreal
After avidly devouring Christian Jacq’s novels as a teenager, no other book set in ancient Egypt could grab my attention long enough for me to finish reading it. So when I was asked to review The God’s Wife, I was very hesitant, knowing that I would be extremely biased against it and might give the… Read More Book Review: The God’s Wife, by Lynn Voedisch
Someone once asked me: why do you talk about the Bahá’í Faith so much? I asked this person if they were a healthcare professional. They said no. “When someone tells you about feeling sick, what do you say?” “I suggest to them things that I know will make them feel better.” “Why? If you are… Read More Caring for others
Fringe fans, settle into your favourite couch; it looks like, yet again, the writers are going to take their time developing the storyline, delving into each characters’ psyche and exploring the differences in them created by Peter’s absence. While some might not like the slower pace, this lends to resolving the main question at hand… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 2: “One Night in October”
