Sanaga Peregrinations

Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature's first green is gold,  Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. By Robert FROST

The Jennifer "JJ"Jareau principle In the critically acclaimed US TV Show Criminal Minds , Jennifer "JJ"Jareau a.k.a "JJ" quoted nicely her exit interview in the 2nd episode of the 6th Season.  Here's what I named it the Jennifer "JJ" Jareau principle. I'm thankful for my years spent with this family; for everything we shared, every chance we had to grow.  I'll take the best of them and lead by their example; where ever I go.  A friend told me to be honest with you, so here it goes.  This isn't what I want, but I'll take the high road.  Maybe it's because I look at everything as a lesson, or I don't want to walk around angry.  Or maybe it's because I finally understand.  There are things we don't want to happen, but have to accept; things we don't want to know, but have to learn, and people we can't live without, but have to let go. As you can see, ...

Take the High Road. I am sure several ones of you have heard it before tossed at like a wisdom nugget, and have wondered "which road is that ?" or worse, should you have been too stunned or lost, your mouth merely expulsed two words "come again ?" Truth be told, it's one of these sentences that are thrown away when a conflict arises, but on which, few can give a precise defintion. I'll try my best to remedy to that.   So what does "Take the high road" really means ? John C. Maxwell theorized The High Road Principle gives us a good explanation by stating that there are three roads or options that we can take in life:   The low road : where we treat people worse than they treat us. The middle road : where we treat people the same as they treat us The high road : where we treat people better than they treat us Let's ponder the options set out by Mr Maxwell 1. The Low Road If treated poorly, one reaction co...

" Le bonheur, c'est de continuer à désirer ce que l'on possède déjà !" disait Saint Augustin. Voilà une page du livre de la vie qui est en passe d'être tournée et que vient pour nous le temps de faire nos adieux à 2014 pour mieux étreindre 2015 avec comme impérieuse résolution la recherche du bonheur!  Saint Augustin nous aiguille sur une des façons de répondre à l'invitation au bonheur . Invitation faite au sein d'un  monde si fragile en proie à mille maux allant de la fièvre hémorragique - aka   Ebola (du nom d'un fleuve au Congo), cette peste des temps modernes - aux avions qui disparaissent sans crier gare (n'y voyez aucun vilain jeu de mots), en passant par la terreur aux facettes aussi multiples que ses nouvelles recrues .  Nous sommes ainsi forts loin du monde " l à, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté "  que décrivait Baudelaire dans son Invitation au Voyage . Qu'est-ce à dire sinon qu'...

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France Source: @forbesthoughts Sent from my iPhone

While the idea is not new, Boeing Co. , one of the world's leading aircraft makers made the headlines when it announced in August 2014 that it will use for its planes biofuel created with a tobacco plant called Solaris . One may contend that this move could result in a major boost for the cigarette industry and consequently increase the adverse impacts to health throughout the world. But wait, there is a catch (isn't that always the case? :-) )! Solaris, the tobacco plant used to create the biofuel is completely new, it virtually doesn't contain any of the addictive component of tobacco that is Nicotine. Therefore the headlines claiming "innovation" were to some extent justified. Added to that, tobacco plants are ubiquitous around the world, and the plant generates multiple harvests per year; which makes this tobacco based hybrid biofuel even more appealing if not ideal for the Seattle-based Boeing Co. who partnered with South African Airways and a Dutch aviation ...

Check out the great profile of Amar Bose life, the man behind the Bose Corporation. I've been meaning to post the link of this article featured on Popular Science website on Amar Bose, the genius mind behind the eponymous audio system brand.   " The future," Bose [- a renowned MIT professor -] famously told his students, "isn't in solving the problems to which we already know the answers. It's in learning how to work through the problems you'll experience in life, in any subject ." "The value of Amar Bose isn't so much in the things he has invented, but in the sense of possibility he inspires. Even the company's consumer slogan—BETTER SOUND THROUGH RESEARCH—appears on the trucks only, Veranth says, "because trucks can be repainted." In the lobby of Bose headquarters, set in stone, is a broader slogan: BETTER PRODUCTS THROUGH RESEARCH." Bose reminds us that we could all afford to be much more skyward-lookin...