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"...at the end, it was never between You and Them, It was always between You and God"(Mother Teresa).

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Relationships & Family > Couple Communication Dealing with open LDRs (long-distance relationships): 2 of 29

The fact that a long distance relationship is open presupposes that both partners have agreed on a long distance relationship free from commitment and where there is the freedom to date other people. But often, while dating is a given, the growth of deeper feelings toward a date' complicates the issue regardless of the statu...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Lessons in life: 14 of 126

Twoflower, the believer in dragons, resident of the Counterweight Continent (C.C.), a country said to be made of gold. But myth has a habit of creating dragons in hallways where lizards are better off due to their size. El Dorado and its people suffered the same reputation. Although not made of gold, C.C. was however abundan...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Meaning of life: 84 of 183

It's a cold November day. The train has already embarked on it's journey from Dover Priory to Waterloo Station. Travellers get on, get off, each one passing by, oblivious to the other entity sitting just opposite or next to. There's nothing more to do on the journey than to sink into the customary anti-social dispositions: a...
Religion & Spirituality > Hinduism Understanding the principles of yoga from a Hindu perspective: 1 of 1

When one speaks of a principle, the natural thought is of a truth that transcends given boundaries. A principle is defined as a "fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action" (Oxford English Dictionary). Principles in their true essence transcend race, class, sexual orientation, gender, religion, nationality ...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How to be classy without being rich: 16 of 25

The word 'Classy' in itself addresses the notion of class and each culture has a different concept of what constitute class. Western capitalist culture has however subconsciously and consciously embedded into our minds the idea of class as synonymous with material wealth. Media and advertising are used to further emphasize b...
Health & Fitness > Depression How to beat depression without prescription drugs: 4 of 6

It's the season of joy. Everything around us is "oh so very happy and jolly!" but somehow you just can't get into the mood. There are carols in the air, sounds of bells jingling on television, on Oxford Street in London, along the banks of the Thames on a very cold, wintry night, in shopping centers. The world's one large ho...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Life: 117 of 174

Setting: Apsley Railway Station, 19-22 yr. old couple, There I was at a suburb railway station waiting for a train back home after a long day at work, doing my usual things - having a fag and calling my wife to tell her that I was on the way home. Suddenly I heard a young couple no more than 20 year old talking about relatio...
Sports & Recreation > Martial Arts The benefits of martial arts for children: 11 of 16

The most common response to a revelation that a child is taking classes in martial arts is "So you learning how to fight? Show me how you'll beat someone when they attack you." This is a small West Indian island. Other worlds may be different. Here the main focus is the use of martial arts for full contact fights. For many y...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Getting over yourself: Making the transition from thinking to writing: 38 of 53

Every writer fears the blank page. That blinking cursor, the doodling as you bite the head of the writing instrument in instalments; this is after all your life, your career, your survival and you must write something that can make you some money. But even the struggles for survival sometimes never eliminates the fear of a b...
Education > Educational Philosophy Personal philosophies of education: 114 of 136

In the words of a great Hindu saint, "Knowledge is not just what we acquire from books, it is what we make our own.' Education has in the last ten to fifteen years, occupied the forefront of almost every government's agenda. Gun toting teenagers, shootings in schools, the recent marking of anti-bullying week in the UK, measu...