Philosophyofgoodnews

Category: Quarantine diaries

  • Wannabe

    Wannabe word reflects someone who aspires, often in vain, to emulate another’s success or attain eminence in some area of human activity. It was recorded first time in 1980s as derivative of wanna be. From that time onwards, wannabe beings were growing in many segments of life. Wannabe recently became a dangerous word with some…

  • Sane or Insane No. 6 Digging the trap

    “The Essence of Decision”“Who digs the trap for others ends up in it himself,” says an old proverb. It is called Thucydides trap- Sparta and Athens wars! From Wag the Dog and Face-Off to Digging the trap. The road that we are passing now. However, people talk less about infections as “infected” are in charge.…

  • Letter from 1920

    Below is the letter written in 1920 by a Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić. It is the man who have met four characters that determined the world history; Gavrilo Pricip the assassin of Prince Ferdinand as young member of “Mlada Bosna” movement, Hitler as Yugoslav Diplomat, Stalin from the same position and Tito. Knowing how…

  • Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, and his short stay in Cyprus

    “Cyprus, a little world in itself… no wild beast or reptiles disturb the solitude. The water is sweet and cool, the wine is nectar, and the food plain and good: above all, I know that my grave will be respected and that kind hands will close my eyes.” – From the 1936 book Historic Cyprus…

  • Autosuggestion-“I am not cold, I am not cold,I am not cold.”

    Just read the news that some 3,300 ‘warm banks’ have been opened across the UK, as more than 16 million people will be unable to pay their energy bills… Following our masters'( they like it when we call them like that, as they try to cure their huge egos and uncountable stupidity thinking of us…

  • It is finishing, however…

    Projection number 1 The west is abandoning its stupidity and stubbornness… Projection 2 The deal will be made, if it is not already made Projection 3 Nuclear World War III is avoided, for now… Projection 4 Nord Stream job will be paid in full. Plus interest. The details might be known after couple of decades,…