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Every day for a year, make a note of something delightful. (Sept.)

I hope you to come one day Afghanistan then I will cook special cookies for you.

Teacher: Can you tell me something you learned last week?
Student: I learned to be happy with what you have.

My work is loving the world.  Mary Oliver (Aug.)

The world is so generously beautiful. Chris Hatfield (Nov.)

Why should I regret doing the right thing? -Jimmy Lia

There is a deep mismatch between the skills our education systems nurture and the needs of society. World Economic Forum 2021

Don’t allow your life to be meaningless.  -Oom Hollie

When you pray go quickly to Allah. When you walk the earth, go slowly. -Arabic saying




Maybe you are following the news of Afghanistan. We still spend most of our time in sporadic wars and peace efforts. Family members are still worried when we are out of the house, but life is going on in Afghanistan and there is hope in everyone's eyes. Everyone follows their dreams and hope to have a better tomorrow.


“Trust begets trust,” says Patrick Griffin


We need to make intelligence hip, instead of clothes and cell phones.  Maestro Luis Szaran 



The overall and cumulative effect of the media is to heighten our insensitivity to reality. Bernard McGrane


‘Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strengths’.
 – Corrie Ten Boom


Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.

- Nelson Mandela -

"Once someone no longer fears you, that is when you can start to build together.” - Burundi peace worker

Words play an enormous part in our lives and are therefore deserving of the closest study. A.Huxley


In the language of the Hadza people (in Africa) there is no word for “worry”. 


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