![]() We have forgotten Aristotle’s warning: Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. We are so busy pursuing intellectual skills that we have neglected the pursuit of happiness. More than two hundred years later, our schools and universities are still neglecting these goals. Thomas Jefferson and the founders of U.S. Both Confucius and Socrates insisted that well-being and personal growth were a major purpose of life, and a central goal of education. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Pursuit of Happiness is an essential human right. Make a Difference: Change the World, Change Yourself.High School Happiness and Wellbeing Curriculum.Annotated Bibliography – Mindfulness & Positive Thinking.Review of Key Studies on Mindfulness & Positive Thinking.The Philosophy & Science of Mindfulness. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments More than forever by jay mclean![]() ![]() More Than Forever (More Than, #4) is the story of Lucy and Cameron. And I just adore that about the More Than series! ![]() Each couple have their own book(s), but they all feature heavily in every single books, because they all play huge, integral roles in one another lives. What makes these books is the surrounding characters. It follows a group of friends throughout high-school and college, whilst they overcome heartbreak, loss and tragedy, discovering friendship and love along the way. This series is about pure, uninterrupted, squishy-feels, heart-warming romance. So I had high hopes for More Than Forever, and it didn’t let me down. I read the first three books in this series whilst I wasn’t blogging, and loved them. There is a promise so sure it can never lie. ![]() There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Submarine outlaw series![]() ![]() And for the first time, he leaves a part of himself behind. ![]() Alfred cannot help falling in love with India, the most beautiful place he has ever seen. Along the journey he witnesses practices which deny human equality and dignity, but also happy events that celebrate the spirit of new beginnings, as personified in Ganesh, the Hindu god with four arms and the head of an elephant. Submarine Outlaw Series by Philip Roy Submarine Outlaw Series 6 primary works 6 total works Submarine Outlaw by Philip Roy 4. ![]() After a near fatal encounter off Kochi, Alfred befriends a ten-year-old homeless and illiterate but highly intelligent boy, and is given the chance to explore the changing face of India through the eyes of one of its “untouchables.” Discovering India to be an ancient land filled with extremes of beauty, wealth, tradition and danger, Alfred is tricked into making an overland pilgrimage to Varanasi, one of the world’s oldest cities. ![]() In Outlaw in India, the fifth volume in the best-selling Submarine Outlaw series, Alfred and his crew of Seaweed the seagull and Hollie the dog begin their exploration of India with a piece of bad luck when they surface behind a frigate and bring the wrath of the Indian navy down upon them. In Outlaw in India, the fifth volume in the best-selling Submarine Outlaw series, Alfred and his crew of Seaweed the seagull and Hollie the dog begin their exploration of India with a piece of bad luck when they surface behind a frigate and bring the wrath of the Indian navy down upon them. ![]() ![]() ![]() She travels far and eventually dresses up as a boy to gain entrance to a community that is also seeking Phoenix eggs and a return to the old ways of Phoenix Riders. ![]() Veronyka, feeling like she is seeing her sister’s true self for the first time, strikes out on her own. Older and more savage than Veronyka, Val is in charge of their lives and will do anything to protect them as they work to survive and reach their goal: to find two precious Phoenix eggs and hatch them, becoming Phoenix Riders themselves.īut just when a bit of luck touches their difficult situation, Val does something unforgivable. Despite the hazards of their world, war orphans Val and her sister Veronyka have made it to their teen years and get by as best they can. ![]() ![]() The war saw two royal sisters battle for the crown, but when both died in the fighting, the empire was left fractured and dangerous. Nicki Pau Preto’s debut fantasy, Crown of Feathers, opens 16 years after the fall of the legendary Phoenix Riders, fierce warriors who rode their mythical mounts into battle. ![]() |