Fear is a very efficient weapon: It produces the desired effect without much waste.
Global warming has nothing to do with how much CO2 is produced or what we do here on Earth. For millions of years, solar activity has been controlling temperatures on Earth and even now, the sun controls how high the mercury goes. CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one way or another. Soon it will cool down anyhow, once again, regardless of what we do. Every scientist knows this, but it doesn’t pay to say so. What makes a whole lot of economic and political sense is to blame global warming on humans and create laws that keep the status quo and prevent up-and-coming nations from developing. Global warming, as a political vehicle, keeps Europeans in the driver’s seat and developing nations walking barefoot.

(Professor Kunihiko Takeda in Japan Times)

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I tried to teach my child with books,
he gave me only puzzled looks.
I tried to teach my child with words,
they passed him by often unheard.
Despairingly I turned aside,
"How shall I teach this kid?" I cried.
Into my hand they put the key,
"Come," he said, "play with me."

(anonymous, from universalpreschool)

Can today's women have it all - marriage, family and career ? Arlene Rosen Cardozo writes the answer in her book, Sequencing. Yes, women can have it all, but not all at the same time. Sequencers, as she calls them, mix modern feminism with traditional mothering. The idea is simplistic. First, complete an education and pursue a career. Next, when it's time to marry and have kids, leave the workforce to raise them full time. Finally, once the children are either in school or grown, incorporate your profession back into your life by either working from home, working part time, or any number of other innovative solutions that won't conflict with family.

Well... welcome to second stage, Va!

Set your expectation to zero. It simply means that, once you've done all you can, you completely let go of your expectations of the outcome.

(Richard Carlson, from the book Easier Than You Think)

Kata Einstein: "Pendidikan seharusnya dipandang sebagai berkah, bukan kewajiban yang membebani."

Saya bilang (merubah sedikit sesuai keadaan): "Anak-anak seharusnya dipandang sebagai berkah, bukan kewajiban yang membebani."

Atau seharusnya: "Anak-anak dan pendidikan adalah berkah, bukan kewajiban yang membebani."

Nothing you do for your children is ever wasted. They seem not to noticed us, behaving, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks. But what we do for them is never wasted.

-Garrison Keillor-