Child’s Play
“What the brain does determines what the body does, and what the body does changes the environment — these changes we make in the world come back to the brain through the body.” What happens early in a child’s life will shape what happens later. People moving in today’s world, be they babies or adults, […]
A Closer Look
It has been said many times and in many ways that one should stay true to their principles, who they are, and the things they know to be true. They should not strive to please others by what they believe in, or act in such a way that is outside their own identity, and to always strive to […]
Field of Greatness
Everything that is born out of great merit must have a beginning. A place where an event took hold and established a precedent for all of those who would follow the path that was laid out before them; a destiny. The fate of a small group of village and farm boys who had never played organized […]
A Warm Glow
I have a story to tell I hope to tell it well When we reach out a helping hand When we wish to make a stand We live in the arms of humanity When we close our eyes to sleep When we dry the tears we weep When we feel that warm glow We live […]
Marriage
Setting the agenda for contemporary debate, ancient and medieval philosophers raised recurring themes in the philosophy of marriage: the relation between marriage and the state, the role of sex and procreation in a marriage, and the gendered nature of spousal roles. Their works reflect evolving, and overlapping, ideas of marriage as an economic procreative unit, […]
Touch Me Babe
Touch is the first of the senses to develop in the human infant, and it remains perhaps the most emotionally central throughout our lives. A child who has a steady caretaker will be emotionally stronger than a child who is without affection for long periods. Studies have shown that even short bursts of touch — […]
The Essential World of Friendship
As we move through life at record speed we find that too many things are spiraling out of our control. We can’t choose our genetics or our parents, and we find ourselves not being able to manage the things that happen in the world around us. But there’s one thing that we can control, and […]
Looking For Love
It has been said that “Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly.” “Where there is love there is life.” “It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and is forever faithful to what it finds, and that there is always some degree of madness when it comes to love.” Aristotle […]
