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Case 3 for What Kills Our Conversations—and How to Bring Them to Life?
Meeting Fr. Kevin for breakfast and having an insightful conversation Case 3. More Conversations on Flight "If you don’t like what you see today — masked bullies, a frightened public, self-serving elites, and an increasingly explicit K-shaped society — we should strive, more urgently than ever, to connect face-to-face. Real people are flesh and blood, while those portrayed on the screen are abstractions, icy-cold, with facades — figuratively and literally." A plethora of a
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Case 2 for What Kills Our Conversations—and How to Bring Them to Life?
. It was fascinating to learn Dressage from Holly then and to see how humans can communicate impeccably with horses to perform art together now.
What stops us from communicating and understanding among our own kind?
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What Kills Our Conversations—and How to Bring Them to Life? Case 1: Imagine a cake‑bearing stranger at your door
As humans, we are inherently social creatures, yet we now struggle to form meaningful social connections.
So, how hard is it to just be who we are?
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Camino de Santiago Afterward: A Personal Silk Road
The world originally had no roads, but as more people walked on them, they became roads. -- The famous Chinese writer and critic, Lu Xun (1881–1936)
How does each of us walk somewhere to turn it into our own road?
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Part 6. Camino de Santiago: It Is a Spiritual Journey (最终，这是一次精神之旅)
On the Camino, life proves to be fair again: you get what you give. Putting effort into the process guarantees that the reward will follow. The more you give, the more you'll receive. Money plays no role in the entire process.
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Part 5. Camino de Santiago: What does Pilgrimage mean? (朝圣的意义是什么?)
Camino de Santiago: “Our life is only what we make of it.” -- Author, Cheng Wang
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Camino de Santiago Part 4: Walking, Writing, and Life
"Perseverance and consistency—rather than sporadic bursts of energy—are more critical for walking the Camino, as well as in writing and in life." -- Author, Cheng Wang
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Camino de Santiago Part 3: Meeting My Camino Friends During My First Camino Day
Cami de Santiago Part 3: Meeting My Camino Friend Our group of 18 pilgrims started walking the Camino de Santiago from Sarria s During My Fir I woke up very early today, finished my breakfast as quickly and fully as I could around 7:00 am, put on my waterproof outfit because rain was in the forecast, and was ready to go. It was still dark around 8 am, frost in the air, breezy and rainy, as if someone had set a thematic mood for a special day — solemn, uplifting, and awakening
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Camino de Santiago Part 2: My Expectations
A scene on the Camino de Santiago provided by Fr. Kevin. I intend to walk the Camino to help me find balance: - a balance between the spiritual and physical, - a balance between Eastern philosophy and Western theology, - most importantly, a balance between devotion and joy. I know I can’t become a monk, but I also can't—and don't want to—be a “walking dead” (行尸走肉). I want to live a life full of emotional and spiritual experiences while also enjoying worldly ple
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Camino de Santiago Part 1: A Pilgrimage Through History, Tradition, and Timeless Wonders
A marked trail on the Camino de Santiago Introduction: 'You don’t even know anything about the Camino de Santiago, so why do you want to do it?' My American-born daughter, Cintty, was puzzled when she heard about my impulsive Camino adventure. After my memoir, From Tea to Coffee , was published, she has closely followed my past, present, and everything in between, and she's right about that. I had never heard of the Camino de Santiago before; in fact, I didn't even understa
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Peace Corps Chronicles - Part One
“Let us celebrate failure for once, as it holds a unique value in shaping and deepening our thoughts that no success can provide.” –...
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Peace Corps Chronicles - Part Two
“When an ideal confronts reality, it often vanishes as swiftly as a mouse sighting a cat. While I resonate deeply with the genuine...
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Peace Corps Chronicles - Part Three
When one says, "Not because they’re fundamentally incompetent, but because they have no reason to be any other way," does this also apply...
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Peace Corps Chronicles - Part Four
About: “(We) Either explode in silence or perish in silence,” famously said by one household name in Chinese literature, Lu Xun...
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