Ullens School: …For A Meaningful Life
There is no such thing as the meaning of life. You make life meaningful by the way you live. And one of the many, MANY ways one could live ones life is fighting injustices.
There is no such thing as the meaning of life. You make life meaningful by the way you live. And one of the many, MANY ways one could live ones life is fighting injustices.
There is no such thing as the meaning of life. You make life meaningful by the way you live.
If only a human being were reducible to a stereotype...if only a human being could be completely defined by the mere social construct of social status...if only.
If you don't or cannot display compassion and humanity to those around you at this time of desperate need for just that, then you cannot expect compassion and humanity from others living in far off lands!
There is no such thing as the meaning of life. You make life meaningful by the way you live.
One Dalit's story of life-long discrimination and humiliation, and struggle for personal recognition for who he is and what he has become through his own efforts lays bare some of the worst aspects of our Caste System.
The embedded video is that of the presentation I gave at Thames International College in Kathmandu. I talked about dreams, humanity, compassion, international understanding, peace and making life meaningful to a small auditorium full of students doing their undergraduate studies in Social Work.
What makes for a successful life is one lived following ones dreams, one lived in ones own terms, instead of one lived following others.
The power and privilege of education, the power of compassion & humanity, and how what I am doing now is in line with the UWC mission and values of international understanding and world peace.
How and why I achieved academic, personal and professional success in spite of the circumstances and context of my birth, lessons I have learned, why I do what I do back in Nepal, and what I hope students like them do with, and in, their lives.