November 22nd 2009 by admin in Humanities
In some countries, gold jewelry still becomes an investment media. Women are the one who usually make an investment on gold jewelry. Gold jewelry can give great profit in the future, but unfortunately we can find several backwards on gold jewelry investment when compared to the other types of gold form like bar or coins. Just like the other types of jewelry, gold jewelry is influenced by model. Therefore, if we bought a gold jewelry in 80’s we would not get maximal price when we sell it on 2000.
Another backward we must face with gold jewelry is the amount of investment. It will be quite impossible for us to invest so much money in gold jewelry because we might need to have a trunk to keep it all. The best gold form for investment is definitely gold coins or bullion. If we buy gold coin today, then in the next thirty years we will get about $500,000 profit. With that amount of money, we can have a pleasurable retirement.
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November 15th 2009 by admin in Humanities, Poetry
Since wisdom is the art of coping with suffering, it starts with a willingness to tackle it head-on:
a) Such is the harshness of our condition that we suffer, sometimes greatly or worse, insuperably.
b) Such is the richness of our nature that we can learn to live happily, or at least serenely, within the limits of this condition. This entails us either pursuing goals that are not only desirable or honorable, but also attainable, or resigning ourselves to the inevitable.
Admittedly, a great many suffer whose suffering is all the more problematic as their wisdom is still largely in the making. I remember my own past as a young unhappy and suicidal man who composed dark poems. My negative attitude compounded my difficult situation, and I lacked the awareness of my ability to improve both. Today, I feel deeply connected with those who live in the limbo of gloom. Even if my words only reach one of them, they will not have been written in vain.
I have recently come across some dark poetry, reminiscent of mine in my young days. The author – Melyssa G. Sprott – is a young talented woman whose youth has been poisoned by abuse and other hardships. Her suffering and her talent have inspired me to feature some of her work and respond to it. Note that my responding to it in a positive manner testifies to my being help-minded, but note also that my responses are written in a spirit of humbleness. I don’t claim to provide a remedy; I just try my best to give some useful insights.
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The following excerpts are from one of Melyssa’s collection of poems, entitled “Descent into the Dark.” They reveal her aching soul with the moving simplicity of a woman crying for her overwhelming grief.
1.
When I was six,
my father had me convinced
I wasn’t worth the air I breathed,
the food I’d cost,
or other things I’d need.
When I was six,
my father didn’t want children
or want the wife he kept,
so we were forced to suffer
for my father’s regrets.