Everyone should bethink himself that life is short, or very short.

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Soldiers walk unassailably. Countries move considerately.

The real estate of a former Couche-Tard convenience store, which went out of business and is close to my place, is still unsold, after at least 10 months. The real estate agent's ad. sign is still hanging right above the door of the property.

The Android browser needs more functionalities and a better favicon.

Maybe there is no such thing as a thoroughly trustworthy bank.

I don't know. Some big entrenched businesses may seek bankruptcy and then reorganization as a vehicle to abrogate workers union contracts, as a last resort.

GM, and Blockbuster, might be two examples of that practice.

One's daily life with a child or children to care is very time-tight. He must husband his time, as a resource, quite well.

The wonderful relationship between the number of sides and that of angles in a polygon...

When a person's beliefs, values, or way of life is challenged or shaken, he tends to feel "now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say?" (The Bible : John 12:27)

A society's fabrics have many layers and threads, which can be invisibly very powerful and subtle. Implanting a foreign layer or thread of societal fabric into the system can be quite dangerous.

For instance, replicating Western democracy in China would, possibly, be quite harmful to people's life over there.

Mother Theresa (a.k.a. 德兰修女, 特蕾莎修女 in Chinese), her personality, her deeds, and mostly her spiritual journey, has begun to intrigue me.

Music video - Jason Mraz - Bella Luna

This particular song appeared in Jason Mraz' 2005 album, "Mr. A-Z".

Lyrics:


"Bella Luna"

Mystery the moon
A hole in the sky
A supernatural nightlight
So full but often right
A pair of eyes, a closin' one,
A chosen child of golden sun
A marble dog that chases cars
To farthest reaches of the beach and far beyond into the swimming sea of stars

A cosmic fish they love to kiss
They're giving birth to constellation
No riffs and oh, no reservation.
If they should fall you get a wish or dedication
May I suggest you get the best
For nothing less than you and I
Let's take a chance as this romance is rising over before we lose the lighting
Oh bella bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Do do do do do

You are an illuminating anchor
Of leagues to infinite number
Crashing waves and breaking thunder
Tiding the ebb and flows of hunger
You're dancing naked there for me
You expose all memory
You make the most of boundary
You're the ghost of royalty imposing love
You are the queen and king combining everything
Intertwining like a ring around the finger of a girl
I'm just a singer, you're the world
All I can bring ya
Is the language of a lover
Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon
How you swoon me like no other

May I suggest you get the best
Of your wish may I insist
That no contest for little you or smaller I
A larger chance happened, all them they lie
On the rise, on the brink of our lives
Bella please
Bella you beautiful luna
Oh bella do what you do
Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon
How you swoon me like no other, oh oh oh


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Many American and British families are staunchly Christian.

Whenever the market is in a panic or crisis, liquidity beyond cash is nonsense.

As a person's age grows, he's wary of more and more matters.

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For an individual, the mundaneness of the daily life needs to be countered and that needs time or even energy.

Among the ways to counter that mundaneness are entertainment, love, poetry, or elevation.

People call that countering "recreation".

Very powerful entities and organizations which look unassailable today may disintegrate in a matter of years.

In this era of information overload, most forms of writing should be succinct, terse, and clear.

Pablo Picasso once said or wrote, "Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art."

Is the chastity mentioned in his above quote different than purity?

The fluidity of mind is driven by imagination and reasoning. The former cannot get certificated, but the latter often get certificated by one or more diplomas, generally speaking.