tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98858552011-04-21T22:02:32.837+02:00Wisdomsworld draws on four decades lived on four continents, in four distinct cultures, & at varied levels of society, to encourage a humble, yet spirited search for new wisdom-based global & personal realities.wisdomworldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536482012902947396noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9885855.post-1112632058984442102005-04-04T18:25:00.000+02:002005-04-04T18:27:38.986+02:00

Consistently, the recently departed Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church insisted that "no one has the authority to end the life of an unborn child". Consistently the departed Pope and the Catholic Church insisted that women should not be permitted to assume senior positions of spiritual leadership. For these stances, the Pope and the Church he led has been roundlt accused, by some, of

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I recently received a provocatively revealing email from a good friend who runs a writer's support portal (www.writerssuccess.netfirms.com). Here it is:TWO TOUGH QUESTIONSQuestion 1:If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?Read the next question

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I remember hearing, that once upon a moment, a long time ago, a humble, beloved, old man lay on his straw-thatched mat, gasping, barely, for each precious breath. Respected and influential, he had benevolently led his people for all of three decades and some, a decade longer than his father, the feared one, had done until he too had lain on this very same mat, on this very same baked-mud floor,

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I once heard a story about a young boy who accompanied his mother to a concert. This was the six year old boy's first concert.He was so excited.As they entered the concert hall, the mother had to persistently tug on her son's arm, what with all the ritz and glamour around him. The high ceilings ["wow! its higher than the sky, mommy"], the commanding jewellery ["why did they tie so many big stones

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"Greatness is as greatness does". In your understanding, what does it take to be "great" or to accomplish great deeds? What is greatness in the first place? Can only some accomplish great deeds or is greatness there for universal taking?There is the oft quoted Confucian saying that "every journey begins with a single step". Whilst I fully identify with this simple, ageless wisdom, I suggest the

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Worth reflecting on:LONDON (Reuters) - Smoking destroys protective molecules in saliva and transforms it into a dangerous cocktail of chemicals that increases the risk of mouth cancer, scientists say."Cigarette smoke is not only damaging on its own, it can turn the body against itself," said Dr Rafi Nagler, of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.Saliva contains

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We have all heard the criticism: America is too stingy, richer countries are dedicating smaller percentages of their GDP for development assistance, debt levels of poor countries are too high and need to be written off. The cacophony of condemnation is resounding and persistent.Indeed, only Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Sweden expended above the universally committed threshold

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How does one deal with the sense of emptiness that inevitably follows the untimely loss of a loved one? What possible comfort can one draw from such loss? How can God, in His professed pure love for humanity and all else He has created, justify allowing such tragedies to occur? These are questions that many ask and struggle with when they are faced with the pain of sudden loss. Often this pain is

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Often, the start of a new year presents a convenient opportunity for people to make a break with their past, to recast their past and craft a new future life path for themselves. Some, it should be conceded, are too cynical to subscribe to the concept of self-renewal or to appreciate the value of using a new year as a useful moment for a new life path.Nature, in its infinite wisdom, has divined

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Why do so many innocent people have to die before the world wakes up to its obligations?The Indian Ocean tsunamis have created unspeakable havoc, destroying generations, devastating entire communities, and exposing, once again, the unsustainability of the way the world currently functions. They have, yet again, reminded us that global leaders (government, corporate, and civil society) have still

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