You can choose your friends but family is given to you.

History was always a real mystery and a subject that I turned away, in fact ran away, from. History is taught as Social Studies along with Civics (another subject that was disliked) and Geography (loved it most as it involved lots of practical sciences!) Had to study history, just to ensure it does not leave a dent in the total score!

People who immigrated to Ellis Island compared to todays immigrants…

Looking at our ancestors’ accomplishments and trying to see how we can learn from their experiences and collected wisdom, we ask, “Are we smarter than our forefathers?”

St Patrick, an Irish saint has established a day given to all to escape the doldrum
s of winter trod ding gently into spring.

The annual Hungry Ghost Festival is an occasion observed by the local Chinese community, combining rituals of superstition and traditional beliefs.

The aboriginal people of Australia handed down the stories of their ancestors, these were called dream times, in this look at one particular story, the rainbow serpent.

Memorial Day is a great time to share stories about your ancestors with younger family members. Make this holiday a celebration of life. Try a new way of thinking when you visit grave sites at the cemetery or attend memorial services. Try asking how your loved ones lived, not how they died.

We can blame whatever we want but it’s our (man’s) fault the Earth is becoming angry.

Do you realize that sacred symbolism is the magical language of remembering who and what we are. The background of all human existence is the very principle of humanity. Everyday we are exposed to symbols and images that reach past the thin veil of our attention into the deepest part of our mind.

You don’t realize it, but there are 400 billion bits of information that that you are exposed to every second. Did you know that we are only conscious of around 2000 of bits of influence, of multifaceted data.