Failure isn’t Fatal

Saania's diary - reflections, learnings, sparkles

Nothing good is ever given to us easily. When we are on the verge of something, there is always a chance for failure as there is for success. In fact, most of the times, things never go perfectly as planned!

I often look back at the times I wasn’t doing too well at school. I moved countries and was finding it exceedingly difficult to catch up on all of the work I had missed. This was simply devastating for me because I had never seen myself going through this before, ever. I was always regarded as a great student.

The more I let myself feel the overwhelming anxiety of failure, the worse things seemed to get. But over time, the more I pushed myself to bounce back again, the more I saw how the whole world began to help me. My teachers helped me, my friends helped me, my parents…

View original post 242 more words

Nikon Is Ending 70 Years of Camera Production in Japan – Slashdot – (no more loyalty to nation that supported its birth and success)

The Japanese website Asahi reports that Nikon is ending the production of cameras in Japan and moving all production to Thailand. This is simply Nikon’s attempt to cut costs as much as it gets. Don’t think this is enough to make them stay in the business. Source: Nikon Is Ending 70 Years of Camera Production in Japan – Slashdot

Hospitals in Costa Rica Running Out of Beds for Critical Patients – Costa Rica Star News

The Social Security Service (CCSS) in Costa Rica confirmed this Sunday they have only 5 available beds in ICU for critical COVID-19 patients. On Saturday hospitals had run out of beds for critical patients; CCSS had to relocate some patients to make some beds available, others became available after the passing of other critical patients.

“We have reached a maximum capacity, it is very painful to say it, but we have reached a maximum capacity, and we cannot increase it anymore”, commented Mario Ruiz, medical manager of the CCSS, he added: “this is the first time we have patients waiting to be transferred to a critical care bed.”

Source: Hospitals in Costa Rica Running Out of Beds for Critical Patients – Costa Rica Star News

A Fable with a Message – “Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy”

Barbara Crane Navarro

illustration from “Amazon Rainforest Magic – The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy”

“Amazon Rainforest Magic” presents a world that at first might seem whimsical, where people, animals, and plants joke, conspire, and argue with each other. The serious point is that humans are no more important than any of the other creatures – all are mutually dependent, some are just more aware of it than others.

The plants and the animals, each with special knowledge, accompany the hero, Namowë, as he embarks on a life-saving quest for a cure for his ailing youngest sister. When he embarks on this exciting journey through the jungle, he has already taken a big step toward maturity.

Behind the charming artwork and story is a clear message that we humans are not separate from our environment and that to put ourselves above nature is arbitrary and ultimately counter-productive.

Review by John L…

View original post 54 more words