Life and Death
Stampede at Walmart in New York
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Quite recently, there was a piece of news of hectic shopping taking place in a Walmart store in New York.
There was early morning shopping, there was a long queue of shoppers waiting outside the door, the doors opened at 5am or so, and everyone rushed right in. And guess what happened?
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Popularity: 74% [?]
Life’s Plans and Expectations against Life’s Unpredictability and Uncertainty
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Ever heard of the term ‘life expectancy’? I’m sure you have. It gives us a rough gauge of how long we can expect to live.
Too much about life these days is about expectancy, projections, what’s expected, and what not.
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Life - Too Short or Too Long?
Monday, October 20th, 2008Every so often, we read in the newspapers about how a very young person has passed on, due to some accident or disease.
Inevitably, equally often, we hear about how it is such a waste for someone to die ’so young’ or to die ‘too young’.
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Life So Fragile - Putting Things In Perspective
Monday, October 20th, 2008Have you ever had a near death experience?
I haven’t, although I have done a fair bit of reading about such occurences, and I have to say they are extremely intriguing events.
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