An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet.The term comes from the French acrostiche from post-classical Latinacrostichis, from Koine Greek ἀκροστιχίς, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος "highest, topmost" and στίχος "verse".[2] As a form of constrained writing...Continue reading Enchantress (Acrostic) Every dream I've ever... Continue Reading →
What the ‘Kama Sutra’ is and is not
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text written by Vātsyāyana, a celibate Indian philosopher. In the Western world the text is perceived as an erotic manual, however it has been deeply misunderstood. The Kama Sutra consists of seven books with 36 chapters. The first book, for instance, is all about how to lead... Continue Reading →
Are you part of the hustle culture?
The #grindset mentality has long endured – but some people are finding hustle culture is losing its lustre. Waking at 0400, necking a Bulletproof coffee and a green juice, hooking into a multi-screen desk set-up for back-to-back calls and strategy sessions: you’re hustling to build a mission-driven empire, and harness the #grindset. Who needs sleep... Continue Reading →
Did you know? Facts about the Royal Guards…
Have they met the Queen? What do they do when they get bored? Here's everything you ever wanted to know about the stoic soldiers that guard Her Majesty...Continue reading
25 percent is the tipping point for social change
When the size of a minority committed to social change reached just one-quarter of the group, it was consistently able to establish a new norm in the larger group, a finding with implications for behavior in the workplace, online, and in our communities...Continue reading
Interesting lines from The Time keeper by Mitch Albom – Part 1
“Before you measure the years, you measure the days.” “Soon man will count all his days, and then smaller segments of the day, and then smaller still—until the counting consumes him, and the wonder of the world he has been given is lost.” “Mankind is connected in ways it does not understand—even in dreams.” “The... Continue Reading →
Have you read ‘The Pillow Book’ by Sei Shōnagon?
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