Most heroic things are those done for love. I think this is the clue to distinguish a real heroism from another brave deed. Both do involve acting on one's limits overcoming one's feelings, fears, pain, and uncertainties, and they do make an example for others to follow.However, mixing one with another and following the wrong... More..
Could someone argue against learning foreign languages? Everyone's world is expanding today, involving people and events from different parts of the world, and connections of nations in their responsibility for the world and individuals in their joint interests and passions become more and more obvious. And yet someone could ... More..
Russia is a must to visit. However, visiting it for the first time you need to be organized properly as such a trip will not be as straightforward as American or European vocation. There are no bears on the streets and plenty of McDonald's food points, but still it is a very different culture. You can find lots of information... More..
Kids are born with a thought that their mum and dad are the best. You can see that even having the worst parents one can imagine, little children love them and believe them. That makes a base for their understanding of the world, and all other things gradually coming into their mind are built on this base. The worst thing tha... More..
20th century had given us an expansive industrial agriculture and food processing. Is there still a place for organically grown and produced products? Crispy aromatic vegetables from granddad's farm, honey smelling fruits, home made soup?Yes, there is, if we are going to live for tomorrow. And there are two reasons for that. ... More..
Your health is a precious thing and you certainly want it to be safe. If you choose to follow loads of good advices on how to take care of it you will be occupied with this task for 24 hours a day. Having other things to do, you need to find your own balance between things you do for your career, other duties, leisure and tho... More..
Death penalty, or capital punishment, is not a topic for lunch discussion. It is much more serious. It is, on one side, someone's life taken by murder, with relatives and friends in tears and despair of loss; and it is another man on the other side, whose life can be taken by death sentence. Does this death penalty make equal... More..
My grandmother told me a story from her mother's childhood when kids in the family had one pair of boots for four of them and so one should wait for his turn to go outside, especially in winter time. During the day the pair of boots was always occupied, and at night it was stored under the head of the next lucky user, as the ... More..
Perhaps every person at some stage of his or her life wonders what is God, or what is above our fates and everyday lives, what is a human made of besides flesh and bones, or what is going to happen to him after the end of this life. Different religions produced different images and definitions of God, but every person faces t... More..
Terrifying columns of recent years' news are full of school violence titles. Gunshots at Tacoma's Foss High School, a teacher shot just outside a school in Miami, Columbian kids shot at school, Amish's school tragedy The worst thing is that those who did all that are our kids, our future and hope.Could that violence be preven... More..
Irena Vorgul
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