by Editor | Feb 8, 2021 | Extended Family Model, Learning from Nature, Transforming Education
In nature, a butterfly struggles to emerge from a cocoon. It is difficult and painful. Yet, were the butterfly cut out of its cocoon, without the vigorous physical exercise required to get out of the cocoon, the butterfly’s wings remain weak, brittle and it is...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2020 | Global Peace Foundation, Human Rights and Freedoms, International Forum on One Korea, Korean Dream, Peacebuilding, Universal Principles and Values
“The global pandemic is disrupting not only the social and working lives of individuals and communities but also relationships between nations. Governments are stretched to meet their domestic challenges. Vulnerabilities in the global economy and supply chain have...
by Editor | Dec 11, 2020 | Universal Principles and Values
It is said that the battleground was still dark with the blood of the 15,000 – soldiers from both sides – on that crisp autumn day in November 1863, when Lincoln delivered a speech to consecrate the dead. In his short speech, he emphasized the phrase that...
by Editor | Nov 16, 2020 | Universal Principles and Values
It was the fall of 1789. Washington was serving in his first year as the President of the newly formed United States of America. The wounds of the Revolutionary war were still fresh and many were reeling from the failures of the Articles of Confederation. Even so, the...
by Editor | Nov 11, 2020 | Universal Principles and Values
“Against all odds” seems to be a fitting phrase for Washington’s historical surprise attack on Trenton. The Continental Army had suffered a string of major defeats since the British had landed in full force. General Washington’s troops were pushed out of New York,...
