Temple to the Human Spirit Several hours a week, I have the privilege of working at Netcare Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). Being a hospital for post-injury & illness rehabilitation; it is a place where many lives have been shattered by sudden and unexpected tragedy. People’s lives are brought to a literal standstill through illness, stroke or …
The days of your life at boarding school are forged together by a number of meaningless rituals. Rising bell, making senior’s cum stained beds, chapel, not walking on the grass, forced rest after lunch, bell duty, prep periods in the evenings, making toast to feed senior boy’s inflated ego’s, being forced to down sour milk …
I try to avoid watching Oprah. It gets too costly having to replace the television set after I inevitably throw the nearest object at it, halfway into the program. Nevertheless, apparently she interviewed Jill Bolte, a neuro scientist who suffered a stroke and has written the book “My stroke of Insight”. So far, I have …
1) Language. Being able to put your thoughts and feelings into words is essential to human existence. Our ability for what is called “symbolic thought” is what distinguishes us from most of the animal kingdom. So, for example, my little boy is starting to learn that round things are balls. At first he would call …
Image originally uploaded by garrett derossett Following a brief “google” of the internet, it seems as though the original significance of Saint Valentines Day is unclear. At least, it is not very clear how this Catholic celebration became associated with obligatory displays of romantic love. Wikipedia proposes that the romantic association has something to do …