This one is going to be a short one.
I really do not have much to write ……really.
There has been no football for last 2 days. I am looking forward to seeing the ones tomorrow. Argentina Vs Germany!
Roman Polanski, no doubt has portrayed the movie very thoroughly.
I started to watch the movie “ THE PIANIST” and just could not finish it. It was just too hard. Even harder than “ HOTEL RWANDA.” Adam Brody plays his character wonderfully.Roman Polanski, no doubt has portrayed the Jewish experience in World War II that manages to be both illuminating, historically faithful, and definitive.A strong script, powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman, (Adam Brody) who is not only a pianist, but a good human being."
The other night, I also watched “ The Charlie Rose interview,” one of my favorite programs since college. You really get to hear perspective from big people. This time he had an interview with Bill/Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet, the 2 richest guys in the world.
Warren Buffet announced his plan to give 85% of his wealth to charity ( 5 Foundations ). Todays value $37 Billion. He said that his decision to leave most of his wealth to charity was logical, adding that he feels terrific. Buffet (75) has for decades said his wealth would go to philanthropy upon his death, is now reversing the time table. This is the largest philanthropic gift in history.
"Now worth $30 billion, the Gates foundation is one of the world's richest philanthropic organizations," "It has committed millions to fighting diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries, and to education and library technology in the United States." (From the Internet sources)
KUDOS to MR. Buffet!
I take these types of actions by successful business people at face value and simply say that they're setting good examples, if anything, of what business owners should be doing - helping out and giving back to the community. If that's not the highest form of service - I don't know what is. When you give back to the community, it brings more meaning to your work.
What I really liked about MR. Gates is, despite his wealth and him being the richest man in the world, he is such a down to earth person. The way he speaks, they way he ahs been involved in the charity, however, on the other hand, Donald Trump- he is a man with arrogance. I guess that is their personalities.
I ponder a lot these days. Numerous topics is going through my head I must say.
This topic again got meinto thinking. The topic of “Patience.”
What can I say about this topic... Patience has to be the hardest virtue; I think that if you counted through the day how many times you lose it you wouldn't be able to keep count. The hardest thing is that most of us are called to exercise our patience.
This is all for today!
3 comments:
hello Deepti
i like eading your blogs vey much. They are really nice.
Schindler's list is another movie which shows all the atrocities the jewish people had to face duing the second world war. Its very sad.
You should definitely write about “Patience.” Speaking for myself, as hard of a virtue it is to practice, it is just as hard to define. Everything has its limits and so “Patience” probably does too. As much as I’d like to think of patience as a positive thing, it also has a negative vibe to it…maybe it could be associated with the status quo or even resistance to change. Should be interesting to read about this topic….
By the by….I immensely enjoy reading your philosophical blogs…keep it up!!!
Sagun
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