Taxation is Theft. For the amount of impost levied in this country, we should have better infrastructure and services. Since we don’t, Taxation is Theft.
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Confidence is All
Who is the most confident person you know? Confidence is all. Whether we like it or not, confidence moves mountains. It makes women fall in love and lower their drawbridge for their knight in shining armour. It advances the human race by kickstarting the multiplication process so sought by people. It determines the winners of … Continue reading Confidence is All
No Regrets
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Do not be too harsh with others. Be harsh with yourself. Do not do to others what you wouldn’t like done onto you. Do not be hasty. Do not jump to conclusion. Do not put people or things on pedestals. Do not have any regrets for that which … Continue reading No Regrets
On Cravings
A few days back, at work, us colleagues were talking about some entrancing smells coming out off someone's lunchbox. I noted in passing that just because I was no longer partaking in certain foods or sweets, that didn't mean I was immune to temptation. In fact, I went as far as to say that I … Continue reading On Cravings
On Addiction
Addiction is a choice. Why? Because you choose to be addicted to whatever floats your boat. Good news: if you can get hooked on something then you can also get unhooked.
On Failure
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Life is a series of setbacks, blows, and defeats… interspersed with the occasional win for the home team. Go Wolverines! Failure is guaranteed. After all we all die eventually. It’s what you do with it, how you cope, how you pull yourself … Continue reading On Failure
Vixerunt
You're writing your autobiography. What's your opening sentence? Cicero was a master of brevity. He once said vixerunt or “they lived” as an euphemism signalling the demise of the Catilinarian conspirators to the Roman Senate. To me, the unique appositeness of this word appealed for an altogether different reason. Life is meant to be enjoyed, … Continue reading Vixerunt
On Growth
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Pain is a natural fertilizer for personal growth. It’s not love, mind you. It’s relentless, ongoing emotional distress. Pain is to growth what water, manure and sun are to a plant or a tree. It’s what makes it grow into a splendid bush of roses or … Continue reading On Growth
On Predestination
Do you believe in fate/destiny? Yes, I do. Everything is fixed and we cannot change it. Entropy is everything. Mosaicism, Christianity, and Islam swear by it. What we do in life does echo in eternity, as Maximus so aptly put it. But our agency is confined to how we go about fulfilling our destiny. It’s … Continue reading On Predestination
Cedant Arma Togae
Is the Pen mightier than the Sword? We all must decide for ourselves. I know I did. Perhaps we need both. The French Ancien Regime believed that. They retained both the noblesse d'épée as well as the noblesse de lettres, de robe.
Götterdämmerung 