Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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From a young age I realized that I was partly autodidactic. Some things I could learn from others without much of a problem, but there were other areas which, within reason, I should have adapted to like everyone else, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not master being tutored by another person.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Journal
The Geneva Conventions
The Geneva Conventions are a set of four treaties of international law at wartime. They were formulated in Geneva, Switzerland. All of the four treaties are about humanitarian issues. The Swiss Henri Dunant was the person who started the creation of the Conventions. He did this after he saw the unimaginable cruelty of the Battle of Solferino in 1859.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Humans
The mover of mountains
'FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN' Alex Shute - unsplash 'Faith enables the unseen things that we hope for. When it matures, that thing for which we hope will become more real than those things which are visible'. Tentmaker.org.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Motivation
The freedom of wild horses
When I think of freedom, it is wild and untamed. I close my eyes, and I am running, dashing headlong into the wind with my family, a picturesque potpourri of the most beautiful wild horses. Running free, roaming without borders, our manes a variegated mass of colorful defiance, daring anyone or anything to challenge our liberated existence.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Humans
Evolution, the Big Bang, Creationism or something beyond
The trivial and banal that surrounds us everyday, are leading to chronic boredom and ennui. Granted some of us are fine with it. Others like myself, are looking to expand our minds with a greater purpose and mindset, that eliminates the everyday drudgery and reach for a higher purpose for our minds, bodies and souls.
By Novel Allen4 years ago in Journal
