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Aug 30 2012

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Live A Peeling Life

August 30, 2012 | By

I remember my first real confrontation with poverty. Twelve years ago I was walking one night on the streets of Bangalore with my team leader, Bob, who was holding a brown sack full of little bananas freshly purchased from a fruit stand. We were walking back to our team’s hotel when a small thin, shabbily dressed child, no more than 5 years old, approached us hunched over with his palm cupped. He extended his hand to the bag Bob was holding and then brought his tiny fingers to his mouth, motioning like this several times, saying “Uncle, please…Uncle please.” Read More

Aug 16 2012

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The Release from Boredom

August 16, 2012 | By

Many times when we’ve arrived at a new stage in our lives, perhaps with school, work, family, hobbies, etc., we may start off with excitement at first but eventually repetition wanes down into a mundane routine which eventually leads to outright boredom. My brother once told me of a friend who clearly had said, “now that I’ve graduated, I don’t know what to do with my life anymore.” School was what she had excelled in and since that season was over, she needed something new in her life to partake in. Something thrilling, exciting! We’ve all felt this way at one point. Read More