No resolutions for 2013, just count your blessings

On December 1 this year, I decided to stop making any more new year’s resolutions.This wasn’t because I felt I had achieved an ideal state of being. Far from it! The change came from my matured understanding of what motivates me these days. Lectures, self-recrimination and an annual recycling of nearly impossible resolutions no longer make me want to become a better person. I find I get more go-juice for another 12 months from focusing on what is right in my life and in the world around me.

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Vignettes

Man and nature cry for harmony

The apparent conflict between man and nature seems to have originated during the Renaissance that ushered in the scientific inquiry. What happened thereafter is that man wanted to control and conquer nature. with the advent of the Industrial Revolution vast stretches of virgin forest were denuded to put up large factories.

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Thorns on the Side

Rail travel on track

Rail travel is one of the most popular modes of conveyance in the world. Train services first started in England using steam engines, though diesel and electric propulsion are well established today. Its popularity can be gauged by the fact that only a few countries are still without rail systems.

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