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Jesus was Un-Albertan
St. Albert Gazette Article published on Saturday In Alberta we like to achieve. We pride ourselves on our ability to push though, to power ahead, to “get ‘er done.” Most of us are busy, and even our time outside of work is full. We take pride in just how much we can cram into 24 hours. Deep down we all know that living life at this frantic pace is not healthy… which is why we devote so much time an energy to planning our vacations and retirement. We tell ourselves that once we “make it”, everything will be better. I’m fascinated by how un-Albertan Jesus was.
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Attention!
On the flight from Singapore to Johannesburg I watched a couple of interesting documentaries. One was about Aung Sung Suu Kyi, the rightful leader of Burma who has been under house arrest for two decades. The other was about the brain and how attention works. I found the documentary about the brain fascinating. They are discovering more and more information about how we tick, and it seems that understanding attention is important if we truly want to appreciate how limited our understanding of the world is. Basically the science is in and for at least 98% of the population, we can only give our attention to one thing at a…
