Success
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child , a garden patch, or a redeemed condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Japan earthquake and the tsunami across Pacific coasts
Watching coverage of the tsunami following the 8.9 Richter quake in Japan, one small thing that struck me is how secure (perhaps delusionally so) are at least some people in developed countries like Japan. If a quake hits here in India, we'll drop whatever we're doing and just run! But the BBC/CNN footage shows people in offices in Japan swaying but holding on to things, not really trying to run (perhaps that's by training, Japan being the most quake-prone country in the World). A woman in a footage is actually talking on a (fixed) phone and trying to type on her computer keyboard, while crouching near her office desk! Commendable courage under extreme stress, or misplaced trust in man's power to withstand nature - your pick?
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