From Arise India Forum:
“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives
People grow a lot when they are faced with…
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And Iran
This has made its way around the intertubes all year, but if you haven’t seen it, it’s pretty interesting. Lifehacker in general is interesting too, but beware: in the quest to become more productive with lifehacks, one may waste a lot of time reading through the whole site.
These are ALL true. Kids understand love better than adults!
Actual Children’s Answers to The Question “What Is Love?”
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.” - Chrissy, age 6
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” - Terri, age 4
“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” - Danny, age 7
“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” - Emily, age 8“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7
“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,” - Nikka, age 6
“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.” - Noelle, age 7
“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” - Tommy, age 6
“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” - Cindy, age 8
“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” - Clare, age 6
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” - Elaine, age 5
“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.” - Chris, age 7
“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” - Mary Ann, age 4
“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.” - Lauren, age 4
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca, age 8
“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” - Karen, age 7
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” - Jessica, age 8
Oh my goodness… Kids got the concept of love better than adults
Guilty of a few of these… :/
Bosses, Stop Caring If Your Employees Are At Their Desks
Kelly and Moen—who published their work this week in The Journal of Health and Social Behavior—found that employees who switched to ROWE took better care of themselves. Not only did they get an extra 52 minutes of sleep before workdays on average, they were also less likely to feel obligated to work when sick and more likely to see a doctor when they needed to. And the turnover rate among employees that switched to ROWE was only 6%, compared to 11% with the control group. In addition, their increased sense of schedule control and reduced work-family conflict led to increased self-reported energy levels and decreased psychological distress.
Very interesting.
I’m so lucky.
Every once in a while, I get into a very grateful mood. Not that I’m not grateful at all times for the life that I have, but this gratitude becomes prominent with random triggers.
Last night, my mom was watching a “Classic Songs” show on Asianet (the Malayalam channel that’s the bane of virtually every American Malayalee’s household). The songs purveyed on the show were from the 1960s and 1970s, well before I was born. Yet I knew every single song they played, because my dad the music buff introduced my siblings and me to all these songs as kids. I have childhood memories of riding along with my dad at 11 at night to pick up my mom from work, listening to Vayalar classics. As I watched the program last night, I wondered aloud, “How many kids my age know these songs? Or even know who Vayalar is?” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayalar_Ramavarma) I’m very blessed to have a relatively strong cultural background and ties to my roots even in the melting pot that is America.
So yeah, I may not have gotten into the Beatles until high school, but the time my dad spent explaining the poetic meanings of those songs, in Malayalam, no less, is time that I appreciate now. I also think that these early-childhood deeper explanations of songs helped me analyze literature better in school. My parents often lament not being able to provide us more opportunities to learn outside of school, but I think they did a great job just by being themselves.
Self-trickery and willpower…I like it. Props to my friend Naomi for the piece.
Via PostSecret.
The general population has NO clue how bad teacher bullying actually is. I’m not talking about the metaphorical, general bashing of the profession.
I’m talking about the personal attacks individuals face, like this, at least once a week.
I want an iPhone, stat! Please.
(via shitthatsirisays)
Follow Up of the Day: Pretty pink princess Sophia Grace Brownlee tore up the viral video charts last week with her precocious cover of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass,” so it was only a matter of time before she found herself Ellen, face to face with her idol.
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Nikki’s advice:
BOOKS FIRST. SINGING SECOND.
(Source: whereisthecoool)
