“What the heck is your topic about?”, asked friend of mine, upon learning about it. “Social contagion? Where did you find this weird expression, anyway?”. “Searching for the answer how to live a good and meaningful life”, was my answer. “You believe that you can make an interesting article about social contagion?” “Yes, I do,
ACCEPTANCE Sometimes, when we are down, we worry too much, and we don’t know what to do. We don’t know how to cope with problems. Sometimes we have no chance to change anything. We feel that everything in our life is out of our control, out of our own power. We don’t know how to
Who Wants To Be A Perfectionist? I have a friend of mine who wants to be a perfectionist. Everything in his life must be done literally perfectly, no mistakes or imperfections, no failings or deviations, no slip ups, no inconsistencies. Constantly on alert, he is striving to be the best. Perfectionism is his way of
Have you ever heard a question like the above title? I was `lucky’ to learn about acculturation in the hardest way, not knowing how to answer to the question. Let me explain my dilemma, and why I was so confused. I had just moved to a foreign country and the person asked me, in my
As a medical biochemist I have been working for many years side by side with medical doctors toward the same goal – to protect and heal patients from diseases. During my professional training program I got very basic knowledge of medicine, but I never understood why highly trained medical professionals were never taught anything about
Have you heard the above titled beautiful song by Leann Rimes, lyrics by Mark D Sanders and Tia Sillers? “. Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens. Promise me that you will give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.”
