A gooey entanglement holds me still. I am stuck. Not only can I not move, but I also have zero willpower to do so. Yet I saw it coming…
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Hope, the Inward Anchor and Freedom, the Outward Horizon
Hope and freedom are among the most enduring human values, shaping how individuals persevere through difficulty and how they imagine the possibilities before them. In literature, these values are often portrayed not as abstract ideals but as lived experiences captured in image and metaphor. Through the constancy of hope within the soul, Emily Dickinson in…
Ten Lessons from the Life of Nelson Mandela Drawn from Dare Not Linger
Both as a regular person and as the president of newly free South Africa, Nelson Mandela’s life was full of qualities worth emulating. The book Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by himself and Mandla Langa contains some remarkable exemplifications of notable aspects of this iconic world leader’s life. Here are ten of them:
The Caged Bird Sings 