Tag Archives: responsibility

Welcome To Wherever You Are

Posted on September 4, 2012 by nathanalbright

Wherever we are in life, we did not get there without a plan or a reason. Often, we may ascribe our difficulties and struggles in life purely to malign forces outside of our control, whether they be human conspiracies or … Continue reading →

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A Note On Cat Herding

Posted on August 26, 2012 by nathanalbright

One of my favorite commercials of all time is an EDS commercial from years ago (it may even be more than a decade old by this point) that featured a group of “cowboys in the Wild West herding cats. All … Continue reading →

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Be Good To Yourself

Posted on August 23, 2012 by nathanalbright

For a variety of reasons, I have been rather focused on the difficulties and importance of taking care of yourself. Ultimately, we are responsible for what we eat and what we do, what we think and what we feel, and … Continue reading →

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We See The World As We Are, Not As It Is

Posted on August 20, 2012 by nathanalbright

As human beings, we have a fundamental problem with perspective. No matter how well-developed our intuition, we have the difficulty that we do not see people as they are. We see and respond to the world as we are, and … Continue reading →

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Stir To Action

Posted on August 14, 2012 by nathanalbright

Today I took over in Speech class for our dearly departed teacher who has returned back to the United States, and it just so happens that he left the speech class at the beginning of one of my favorite speeches, … Continue reading →

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The Buck Stops Here

Posted on July 24, 2012 by nathanalbright

In times of great distress and worry, people tend to want help to come from someone and somewhere else. Nations are no different than people in wishing to find support from others as their own burdens are too much for … Continue reading →

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Hell Is For Children

Posted on July 13, 2012 by nathanalbright

A few weeks ago, the students and teachers at the school where I teach watched “The Lady,” a biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi. During the scenes with the Burmese soldiers running rampant, one of the students was visibly disturbed … Continue reading →

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Spilling Out Ink Like Blood

Posted on July 7, 2012 by nathanalbright

Image management has become a much more delicate matter in the internet age. If one wants to look like a good person in this world, there have been traditionally two ways of doing this. The first, and most difficult, is … Continue reading →

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The Fault Lies Not In Our Stars But In Ourselves

Posted on June 18, 2012 by nathanalbright

It is striking just how tenacious we as human beings are in avoiding the acceptance of fault on our side. We often believe of ourselves and others that admitting flaws and faults and shortcomings will disqualify us from being models … Continue reading →

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Our Share Of The Blame

Posted on June 8, 2012 by nathanalbright

It is very easy to point fingers at other people and to use the relative anonymity that is provided by being an obscure and unimportant person in the grand scheme of life as a cover for taking any of the … Continue reading →

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