February 2025
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Idiots Are Not Stupid
We often use the word idiot as an insult, throwing it around to describe someone we think is foolish, ignorant, or lacking intelligence. But have you ever stopped to wonder what the word really means? Is an idiot truly stupid? Or is there more to the story? Idiot The word idiot comes from the Greek Continue reading
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The Lost Art of Seeing Miracles
Life hasn’t become mechanical because of smartphones or the digital world—it’s because we’ve stopped marveling at the sunrise, the moonlit nights, the stars, the breeze, the rain, the thunder and the snow. We take them for granted, no longer seeing them as miracles. And yet, we keep asking, “What is a miracle?” A life devoid Continue reading
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The Freedom of Being a Jasmine
WHITE JASMINEAnother bud has bloomed,With another hope.Another hope has sprouted,After another betrayal.I’m not a rose,Nor do I pretend to be.I’m just a white flower—No great beauty, no great scent.But do you knowWhat it means to be a jasmine?It frees you from the burdenOf pretending to be a rose. Of all the poems I’ve written, White Continue reading
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(Possibly) the Oldest Recorded White-Collar Crime: A 4,000-Year-Old Financial Fraud
The ancient Mesopotamian civilization is renowned for its early advancements in writing, mathematics and governance. During the reign of King Shulgi of Ur (ca. 2094–2047 BC), major reforms were introduced to improve record-keeping, taxation and bureaucracy. However, with this structured system came increased opportunities for corruption. In fact, we may have one of the earliest Continue reading
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Choose Your Ladder
We often hear that success is about climbing the ladder—getting ahead, reaching the top. But have you ever stopped to ask: Am I on the right ladder? As a wise person once said, “It’s better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb rather than halfway up one you don’t.” This Continue reading
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Dance of Shadow
In the vastness of night, where silence reigns supreme, I find myself awake—not to a world filled with brightness but to a void, an expanse of nothingness. The absence of light can be unsettling, yet within it, there’s a strange kind of peace. Then, a sliver of light slips through a tiny gap, falling onto Continue reading
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Is Adaptation a Paradox?
Adaptation has been the key to our evolution, transforming us into Homo sapiens—the so-called wise species. It has granted us dominion over this blue planet, enabling us to survive, thrive and shape the world around us. But could this very ability become our undoing? We have adapted so well that we now cling to the Continue reading
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The Silent Death
The past is filled with dead dreams,And the future with approaching death—Yet only the death of the body;For our soul died many years ago,When, in youthful ignorance,We abandoned our childhood dreams. The past is filled with dead dreams and the future looms with the certainty of death. Yet, it is only the body that meets Continue reading
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