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The Absolute Best Advice, Ever
The internet is full of good advice. The best of them holds the essence of all human experience. Many are obvious and yet so hard to follow. Guess which is number one? The best advice Stephen Hawking gave his children was to look up at the stars and not down on their feet. Hawking was […]
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The Hummingbird and the Crab
My wife, Grace, is trying to learn SEO or search engine optimization. Some days ago she told me that thanks to a new update in Google called “Hummingbird”, spamming that is used to increase ranking for websites has now been thoroughly checked. Google is now doing double time to reward quality content to reduce spam. […]
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Science is Closer to Proving the Existence of God than ever. But does it really matter?
The visible Universe consists of hundreds of billions of galaxies, and one of them, our own Milky Way. It has up to four hundred billion stars. According to the latest NASA calculations, there must be billions of planets like our own earth with all the preconditions for intelligent life. Where intelligent life is, there will […]
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Why Does God Allow Child-Prostitution?
One of the gripping moments during the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines was when a twelve-year-old girl with her tears flowing asked the Pope why God allowed child prostitution. The Pope had no answer at hand but comforted the girl with warmth and compassion. He later revealed wisely to the press that this […]
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Inner Demons, White Trash, and the Filipino Survival Instinct
Angels and demons are not just beliefs in the Philippines, they are real and easy to discover if you live here for a while. The Spanish influence seems to have created a breeding ground for demons in almost every intimate relationship. Living together is a challenge all over the world, with jealousy and self-righteousness as […]
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The Shadow of an Eagle
“Elected officials must serve the greater good no matter what it takes, like a father protecting and disciplining his family”. (Provincial Governor in Davao from 1959 to 1965, Vicente Duterte). A small and harmless sparrow, The Red Maya, was up to 1995 the national symbol of the Philippines. But the popular president at that time, […]
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Mentality is Destiny
Mentality is Destiny is the first article on this website. I have asked my husband to write it and to include the best general advice he can think of after a long life as a sailor, actor, film director, film producer, and author. The result thrilled me; it’s so crystal-clear and simple. It touched something […]