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Confucius on WISDOM

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“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest;
second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.”

The foregoing wise words of Confucius are timeless advice that know no
boundaries. By experience alone we ought, by now, be wise, although,
we are not. So imitate, and moreover, reflect, so that in wisdom you grow.

Experience. Imitate. Reflect. Write about your own experience.
Read of the experience of others. Their experience,
through your empathy, naturally leads, to a reflective experience.

When is an Epidemic Pandemic? It Depends on Who You Ask; so WHO; is Ebola … Pandemic?

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Enlightening academic rhetoric: When does an epidemic become pandemic? It
depends on who you ask. So WHO (World Health Org.); is ebola … pandemic?

Between 550,000 and 1.4 million people in West Africa could be
infected with the Ebola virus … come January.

That alarming news was published last month and is according to a study
by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A million and a half infections in West Africa translates (at current rates) to nearly
a million deaths from the Ebola virus … come January.

The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be
10,000 new cases a week in two months, WHO warned yesterday … grimly.

HIV vis-a-vis Ebola; the former leads to an excruciatingly lingering death;
the latter to an excruciating … but relatively rapid … death.

A sky-high fever, bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth and ears; the Ebola
virus is highly virulent and that’s not to mention its explosive … diarrhea.

Khalil Gibran: Trees are Poems the Earth Writes upon the Sky

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Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky …. The salvation
of Earth may depend on, analogs of, Khalil Gibran.
And so it has been that this author is inspired by the poets, by William
and … the Almighty Him.

Harder to write and to read than prose, but poetry
expresses far more elegantly, passionately
and emotively than one may ever, hopefully,
aspire to … prosaically.

A form of written expression … so seemingly … like lyrical hymn,
has been … historically … so seemingly … favored by Him.
To wit, the superlative verse of the great poets, amongst them,
Ovid, Emily, Robert … and the immortal … William.

Shakespeare’s reputation, amongst thoughtful (wo)men
is amongst … the best … of the west.
It is complemented by the east’s, Khalil Gibran;
between them; amongst the best … of the best.

And so it has been that inspired by an the Almighty Him,
William, Khalil, Ovid, Robert and Emily, et. al., when expressively
needing to deliver a passionate message … dramatically,
authors know; there’s no better way … than poetically.

On the Highly Virulent Ebola Virus & its Highly Infectious, Explosive, Diarrhea

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Between 550,000 and 1.4 million people in West Africa could be
infected with the Ebola virus … come January.

That alarming news was published recently and is according to a study
by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A million and a half infections in West Africa translates (at current rates) to nearly
a million deaths from the Ebola virus … come January.

HIV vis-a-vis Ebola; the former leads to an excruciatingly lingering death;
the latter to an excruciating, but relatively rapid … death.

A sky-high fever, bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth and ears; the Ebola
virus is highly virulent and that’s not to mention its explosive … diarrhea.

CONGRATULATIONS, Malala & Kailash! (V)

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Two years ago and some days go Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly
shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani
Taliban. Last week she was honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She’s
sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,
is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.
Geographically speaking, India and Pakistan, are neighboring countries;
that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

These two nations, one predominantly Muslim, the other predominantly
Hindu, mirror the abstract spiritual schisms, that so haunt, humanity.
Would that more people begin to mirror these two laureates, so recently
honored. No doubt, they’d agree: Abnegate nationality to exalt … humanity.

For the Big Three (a tongue-in-cheek characterization of the Muslims, Christians
and Jews), egocentric misinterpretation of our Scriptures,
Scriptures Abrahamic all, albeit sharing, many personages and doctrines,
are screwing up, for the spiritually … non-Big-Three-aligned … The Big Picture.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity
to arise from today’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,
by prize winners Malala and Kailash, to the political leaders of their countries;
to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

Should such a scenario come to pass, then the Norwegian Nobel Committee
may be, along with its joint Indian and Pakistani
2014 peace honorees, amongst visionaries that see that peace and prosperity
awaits but a planet that abnegates nationalities … in favor of … humanity.

Irony abounds here indeed; and that an aged Hindu Indian and a young Pakistani
Muslim girl are amongst the latest Nobel laureates is, ironically,
the least of it; for Allah/God/Jehovah/Yahweh is the Creator of the Big Three,
their estranged brothers and of … The Big Picture … cosmologically.

CONGRATULATIONS, Malala & Kailash! (IV)

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Two years ago and some days go Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly
shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani
Taliban. Last week she was honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She’s
sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,
is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.
Geographically speaking, India and Pakistan, are neighboring countries;
that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

These two nations, one predominantly Muslim, the other predominantly
Hindu, mirror the abstract spiritual schisms, that so haunt, humanity.
Would that more people begin to mirror these two laureates, so recently
honored. No doubt, they’d agree: Abnegate nationality to exalt … humanity.

For the Big Three (a tongue-in-cheek characterization of the Muslims, Christians
and Jews), egocentric misinterpretation of our Scriptures,
Scriptures Abrahamic all, albeit sharing, many personages and doctrines,
are screwing up for the spiritually … non-Big-Three-aligned … the Big Picture.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity
to arise from today’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,
by prize winners Malala and Kailash, to the political leaders of their countries;
to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

Should such a scenario comes to pass, then the Norwegian Nobel Committee
may be, whether, unwittingly or not, along with its joint Pakistani
and Indian 2014 peace honorees, amongst the visionaries that believe that we
must abnegate abstractly distracting nationality in favor of a unifying … humanity.

CONGRATULATIONS, Malala & Kailash! (III)

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Two years ago and one day ago Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly

shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani

Taliban. Today, she has been honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She’s

sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,

is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.

Geographically speaking India and Pakistan are neighboring countries;

that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

These two nations, one predominantly Muslim, the other predominantly

Hindu, mirror the abstract spiritual schisms that so haunt humanity.

Would that more people begin to mirror these two laureates so recently

honored. No doubt, they’d agree: Abnegate nationality to exalt … humanity.

For the Big Three (a tongue-in-cheek characterization of the Muslims, Christians

and Jews), egocentric misinterpretation of our Scriptures,

Scriptures Abrahamic all, albeit sharing many the same personages and doctrines,

are screwing up for the spiritually … non-Big-Three-aligned … the Big Picture.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity

to arise from today’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,

by prize winners Malala and Kailash to the political leaders of their countries;

to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

CONGRATULATIONS, Malala & Kailash (II)

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Two years ago and one day ago Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly

shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani

Taliban. Today, she has been honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. She’s

sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,

is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.

Geographically speaking, India and Pakistan, are neighboring countries;

that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

These two nations, one predominantly Muslim, the other predominantly

Hindu, mirror the abstract spiritual schisms, that so haunt, humanity.

Would that more people begin to mirror these two laureates, so recently

honored. No doubt, they’d agree: Abnegate nationality to exalt … humanity.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity

to arise from today’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,

by prize winners Malala and Kailash, to the political leaders of their countries;

to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

CONGRATULATIONS, Malala & Kailash!

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Two years ago and one day ago Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was wantonly
shot in the head by a gunman of the Pakistani
Taliban. Today, she has been honored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
She’s sharing the 2014 peace prize with Indian … Kailash Satyarthi.

Irony abounds here. Malala’s world-widely famous at seventeen. Kailash, at sixty,
is less renowned. Kailash is an Indian Hindu. Malala is a Muslim, Pakistani.
Geographically speaking India and Pakistan are neighboring countries;
that notwithstanding, they are less than neighborly … politically.

That being the case, perhaps the most hopeful harbingers of global solidarity
to arise from today’s prize announcements are the invitations, timely,
by prize winners Malala and Kailash to the political leaders of their countries;
to join them on the podium when they receive their Nobels … from the Committee.

Five Estates of the Realm … on Jump-starting … the Commoners

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Really surreal, nonfiction: The historical three estates of the realm, clergy,
nobility and commons; now five, with media … come lately.

Really surreal, nonfiction: There are now five estates of the realm; clergy,
nobility and commons … media, are … Johnny-come-latelies.

Really surreal, nonfiction: Now there are five estates of the realm but newly
added reporters and bloggers, now eclipse, two … of three.

Really surreal, nonfiction: Two of the five estates of the realm, are reporters
and bloggers … would that they jump-start … the commoners.