Saturday, December 30, 2006

Barry's Musings

This is a new idea for me. This will be a place to express my thoughts and opinions, and maybe a resource to gather helpful ideas I have found in my current occupation as an ESL teacher in South Korea.

So in the spirit of my musing let me start by examining the very definition of "muse" as found on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/muse

muse(myz)
v. mused, mus·ing, mus·es
v.intr. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation.
v.tr. To consider or say thoughtfully: mused that it might take longer to drive than walk.
n. A state of meditation.

This says it all for me! It is good to reflect and contemplate deeply the state of the world's affairs; for such examination hopefully leads us to wise well thought out actions when the world throws its chaos at us. With careful examination and --musing-- may we hopefully eliminate or modify our future responses to fellow citizens of earth that produce negative impact. With the aid of great writers and authors of humanity such as Winston Churchill, Plato and Jesus let us muse together in order that we may solve some of the world's problems.

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