How to achieve peace within?

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I have been thinking over this for so long that I arrived at this.

A few years ago I used to think that peace can be attained and maintained through apathy and indifference. If you act indifferently toward something, then you will achieve peace, but now I am asking myself — can you act indifferently when you are not indifferent? Of course, no. So now I have realized this — the only way to achieve peace is to realize the temporariness of everything around us.

Thought/question of the day: We all are killers

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A recent thought that has occurred to me is — if we don’t kill a person but kill another living being does it make us a less killer than the one who kills a human?

Who said that humans have more right to live than the animals, birds or insects? How many ants do we kill while walking? How much grass do we tread while running? How many trees do we cut a day? How many flowers die every day just to make a girl smile?

Don’t raise children in “unhealthy families”

A small world in this big world — a world which two people create and where two people act as guards and guardians until their chickabiddies are old enough to open the gates of that world and start their own. That beautiful world is the family.

Time and again I have said that I am a most lucky person who has been raised in a wonderful family, which perhaps has not been able to provide every piece of the material aspect, meaning for example, a two-wheel bicycle (although I had a three-wheel one :)) or roller skates, mainly accounted by the hard times Armenia was going through after it gained independence, but they gave me the first and foremost thing I needed as a child — love. And as the wise know, where there is love, there are lots of other things as well, including care, respect, lots of games, smiles, etc.

Would I ever want to have another mom or another dad? Would I ever want to be raised in a different family

Vision for future or absence of it

I remember around a year ago we had a meeting with one of richest Armenians in the world. A short talk with him was enough to understand that this person has not only focused on making money but also on retaining and improving his human aspect.

Without any wish to cite his ideas that reflect pure wisdom, there is one thing that has stuck on my mind. He said that in our life we should focus on the long-term goals which might as well include short-term ones. What he recommended was having a clear idea of where we want to see us 15 years down the road

Marriage and change of last name

When I was born I was given my last name and it’s the last name that will be carved out on my gravestone one day.

I am usually open to opinions and I stand ready to know what other people have to say. However, I hate it when somebody tells you something in an attempt to impose it on you. The last name-surname topic is one of them.

I “inherited” my dad’s last name within the first hour of my life. Since then, this last name has been accompanying my name every day and at every second of my life. My creation was due to three “forces” — God, my mom and dad. Each of them has made separarte gifts for me — God has given me life, my mom has given me the opportunity to live that life and the very first gift I got from my dad was my last name.

That white hair…

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People like me do not spend their time in front of mirrors waiting for the mirror to announce the final verdict “you are beautiful now.” I strongly believe that every person is beautiful and the time spent in front of a mirror detecting our flaws and acne is just a time wasted. It would be so much the better if people spent that time detecting and correcting their inner flaws, flaws which might make them the ugliest even if they have the most attractive countenance…

However, yesterday just before taking a shower I looked at myself in the mirror, and when I was about to turn I saw it — I saw that completely white hair, the “caña” as the Spanish would call, and it

Lack of respect and appreciation in families

While family is one of the top priorities for Armenians, the general truth is that marrying your husband you marry his entire family. This tendency has dwindled to a certain extent primarily compared to marriages in Soviet Armenia, but it still exists. Perhaps it will fully disappear in the years to come, but as long as there are the descendants of the Soviet Armenia generations, this will be preserved.

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What does marrying the entire family mean?

The thick veil of human cruelty

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Sometimes I wonder what would happen if certain people had not walked into my life. Would I be the person I am today? Would I have the same views I have today? Would I have the same lack of spirits I have today?

I have been in this state for such a long time that I have forgotten how I used to be. Have I ever been a cheerful person in my heart or not?

We were recently talking with my friend,

When a man loves a woman… adorable…

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Ronald Reagan — To me, he is one of the people whose life is so much inspiring and whose love breathes so much hope in the worn out inches of one’s heart, that it gives hope there still exists true love — love that respects, cares, trusts and all that it wants is to see and make you happy.

Love that will not lie in your eyes, that will not cheat on you, will never ignore you, or make you feel subordinate,,, love that will never drag you from hair or try to pull you down, love that will never spit in your face in the direct meaning of this word,

When entire Armenian family is brutally killed by rogue Russian soldier in their sleep

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My country — Armenia– has faced lots of atrocities and has been number one in several things. Being the first nation in the world to adopt Christianity we were also the first nation to undergo massive killings described as genocide and known as Armenian Genocide. We are a nation that has spent ages under foreign rule and striving for independence and freedom