Category: Personal Experience

In looking at my family history there wasnt an immediate familial issue that I identified. I then realized that the issue was so prominent in my life, it was a typical family dynamic, one I almost looked past. On my mothers side of the family, every living child is divorced, including my mother. My fathers…

University education is the sum of the knowledge and skills that enable university graduates to solve problems encountered in industry or to carry out scientific research or preschool work in the field of experience they have acquired (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Third Edition (General and Professional 1970 1979). Therefore, universities train us to be disturbed…

A health and social care worker is able to assess the needs, concerns, and priorities of individuals that are near to end of life in their own homes, a residential care home, a nursing home, a hospital, or a hospice. The assessment that the health and social care worker will do is a continuous process…

My life has been sprinkled with a gentle yet impactful sense of euphoria. Every turn and every new interaction poses a subset of greatness within itself. The highs and the lows have molded me into the individual I am, building and breaking and framing my character into a man that operates through wisdom and understanding.…

Week 1: When I walked around the Sydney CBD during my first week here, people who begged on the street were caught my attention. Most of them are healthy, which means physically they are able to have a job and can earn money for their life. Some of them are yang, and even one of…

In the last two centuries, life expectancy has doubled from around 40 years to over 80 years in Canada. This is one of humankinds most incredible achievements. However; improved longevity also presents us with one of our greatest challenges. These additional years can be a blessing or a burden, depending on how you live your…

In his book Studies in Pessimism, Arthur Schopenhauer argues that life for all humans consists of constant suffering in the chapter On the Sufferings of the World. He says that even, the feeling of satisfaction is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element…

My day starts on most days with a conversation with my spouse. I would then get in contact with members of my platoon to see if the information corresponded previously has changed so as to confer where to go from there. Then I would call immediate family members to see if they are in the…

Happiness is a common feeling of human beings. ‘Happiness is a state of mind,’ said Walt Disney, It’s just according to the way you look at things.’ People often view happiness in different ways and the states can always change depending on how they react to it. Personally, the thing that gives me joy is…

A warm desk light shined down upon my wooden desk as I sat in my chair preparing to soak in a copy of what would grow into one of my most cherished books, Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Initially, I was so captivated by the enthralling cover art of the book. A boys…