We are the teachers and learners of our being...

"The direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future life..."  - Plato 428 BC - 348 CC

When the great philosopher in 428 BC wrote this, he was referring to the need to educating oneself, that one day that education will be your main source of providing.  That our children being the future of this world will be driven to learn more, understand greater and to strive for that what is most important, knowledge.

Fast forward a millennium and some years later, although the word still stands great today and I will utter the words once more; "The direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future life..." and the principal meaning behind it still speaks out to our educational structure.  We as humans are failing at it drastically!  it is not the education of institutions I refer to, but the education of being a person, a living, thinking, acting, interacting, connecting human being.  We are failing at it greatly. 

With abundance of empathy I understand that we cannot blame the lamb for suckling on tainted milk, but yet still we are the providers of the milk, we nurture a infant with poison and see it grow into something we deem life to have forced him into being, instead of taking ownership that this "entity" in front of us is, a product of our own hands. 
Do not look to institutions to teach the young what you can teach them.  Do not look at the rules of society to guide them in living to accordance to what they know, but to show society that they are "taught" in the ways of the being.
And by doing so, our responsibility towards man is a double edge sword crafted by the powers that be, we in teaching, learn as well.

Good day, and good luck

From the

Presidents Desk

My soul is an island, yet my car is a Toyota...

My soul is an island, yet my car is a Toyota... 
The greatest struggle for me in today's time is, well its an age old struggle for all I must admit.  The constant and continuing struggle of; 'The Battle With Oneself'.

Never have I encountered a more worthy opponent to match my whits against.  Cunning and vindictively manipulating, charismatic sociopath with a flare for dramatic and grand victories.  He is truly the arch Nemesis Marvel Comics has build an empire on. And all I have to do, is merely doubt myself for one second to have him appear.
'Will I be able to do this...?' 'What do they think of my performance...?' 'Am I good enough to do accomplish my dreams...?'  Simple questions we all ask ourselves now or then, irrespective if we have unwavering confidence in ourselves, its merely just for the reassurance to ourselves we ask, but for me its a catalyst to a mental battle that wages on long after the opportunity has come and past.

There is nothing worse than the doubt of oneself.  It is the mental defeat, the surrender to the opposing force, long before first blood is taken. As the teachings of Sun Tzu's Art of War, one must never under estimate, nor even over estimate ones opponent, for that is the defeat before the battle.

Yet I have over the years, learned to grow from this, learn to use this arch nemesis existence to better myself. 
For its only when we look within ourselves, that all doubt is cleared, and we take our rightful stance in the bettering of who we are.

As the battle rages on me and myself, so too will I continue to fight, my soul is an island where I find the serenity of my ages, yet my car is a Toyota, and I struggle with it sometimes.

Good day, and good luck.

From

The Presidents Desk

To Tomorrow, may it hold a brighter sky for you.

It is a harsh fact that a man can loose his loved ones, his wealth, his place in society, his earthly belongings, he can even loose the cloths off his back. This for the simple fact, that there is no control within the realm of society, and any unexpected valuable can strip it from you.

What cannot be striped from you is your character.  It is your cloths when you are naked, it is your right to this world when you have lost all, it is the memory of loved ones no longer within our lives that shine from within your character.  Your character will forever be the companion, the teacher, the dictator, the fighter and the saving grace to a fallen soul.  No outside entity, no unexpected valuable can strip if from you, nor can they tarnish your worth against it.  I fear that dishonour is reserved for the barer of the character.

Good day, and good luck,

From

The Presidents Desk.