ZInger Spree: Books

Daughter of the East !

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:28:09 GMT

“I didn’t choose this life, it chose me. Born in Pakistan, my life mirrors its turbulence,
its tragedies and its triumphs. Pakistan is no ordinary country. And mine has been no ordinary life.”

BENAZIR BHUTTO , in the preface of the second edition of her autobiography, Daughter of the East

A Bill of Assertive Rights

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:47:59 GMT

I: You have the right to judge your own behaviour, thoughts and emotions, and to take the responsibility for

their initiation and consequences upon yourself.

II: You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses for justifying your behaviour.

III: You have the right to judge if you are responsible for finding solutions to other people’s problems.

IV: You have the right to change your mind.

V: You have the right to make mistakes and – and be responsible for them.

VI: You have the right to say “ I don’t know”.

VII: You have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.

VIII: You have the right to be illogical in making decision.

IX: You have the right to say “I don’t understand”.

X: You have the right to say “I don’t care”.

(Manuel J.Smith , “When I say no, I feel guilty”)

Origin of Men and Women in Greek Mythology

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:19:04 GMT

I like work of Paulo Coelho.He writes in an amazingly simple yet stylish manner.

"According to Plato , at the begining of creation, men and women were not as they are now; there was just one being ,who was rather short ,with a body and a neck,but his head had two faces looking in different directions.It was as if two creatures had been glued back to back,with two sets of sex organs,four legs and four arms.

The Greek gods, however ,were jealous ,because this creature with four arms could work harder ;with its two faces,it was always vigilant and could not be taken by surprise; and its four legs meant that it could stand or walk for long periods at a time without tiring.Even more dangerous was the fact that the creature had two different sets of sex organs and so needed no one else in order to continue reproducing. Zeus the supreme lord of Olympus,said: "I have a plan to make these mortals lose some of their strength."

And he cut te creature in two with a lightning bolt,thus creating man and woman.This greatly increased the population of the world,and ,at te same time,disoriented and weakened its inhabitants,because now they had to search for their lost half and embrace it and ,in that embrace regain their former strength,their ability to avoid betrayel and the stamina to walk for long periods of time and to withstand hard work."

Coelho.P(2003)"Eleven Minutes" , p.p 159-160