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Table of Contents Definition of Terms Fears as Human Awareness Environmental Economic Legislative Social   Political   Personal   Metaphysical   Conclusion Are you afraid? Not the type of fear that cringes at the frown of a wimp. Such fears happen every day. Occasionally, a person can face such moderate fears. The type of fear discussed here is the type that can regrettably be unreasonable, excessive, destructive, harmful, hurtful, institutionalised, predictable and unpredictable. It is a type that can tear you apart bit by bit, and whole by the whole. It is a type of fear that can rise from personal, social, political, environmental, economic, legislative, and even metaphysical awareness. Any of these types of fears have the potential to rip the individual apart emotionally, physically, intellectually, and spiritually. We are objects of fear. Fear is part of human emotions. Humans are victims of fear. As objects of fear, some deluded leaders leverage this emotion to incite divisio

The journey so far was tiring, but I was just sitting, and lying around in my cell. I reached the end, between walls, between iron fences, and in orange jumpsuits. But the journey has just begun. I walked, ran, and fought; I joked, jostled, and jettisoned. I worried, imagined, and hoped; that the journey wasn’t far from over. I was in my cell among fellow inmates.   In winter, in spring, under the sun, and in autumn; I gabbled, waffled, and teetered. I complained about everything and anything: cold (oh what an icy condition!) and the sun (Get me out of this cauldron!). At one time, I was a gibbering ‘champ’ before the warders and inmates and other times was a ‘ghosted’ imbecile. My life, my thoughts, my behaviours, and my actions became a planless arrangement. Yesterday, I said that the ‘moon’ was full; and today it’s half; and tomorrow it’s crescent. The moon is always all of those, but the mind stops thinking when it is not free.   Even when the mind is not free, it think

Table of Contents Prejudice against Another Prejudice enforcing Alteration Prejudice as a result of Dislike Prejudice engendering paranoia Prejudice as delusional Prejudice is a term that has been associated with the ‘mischief of irrationality’ because it is a prejudgement or an opinion about something or someone that has no foundation in real life or makes any sense. Such prejudice could be harmful or hurtful to a thing or an individual who is prejudiced against it. It may not be immediate or direct, but it is the beginning of a negative association narrative about that thing or individual. Therefore, prejudice should always be viewed with consternation and dealt with before it settles as normal behaviour or way of life. Prejudice against Another When you are prejudiced against something or someone, you are at the same time, indirectly prejudiced by that thing or individual. It is like a reflection in a mirror. When you look in a mirror, you get exactly a copy of yourself staring

Table of Contents Leaves A Butterfly Cherry Flowers Orphan Sparrow Yoshiharu Katoh is a well-known figure throughout his native Japan, especially for his artwork and exhibitions. He is a master of the medium of fine porcelain and a wide range of Japanese styles of painting, from traditional inks to watercolors on silk. As a result, he has received several awards, such as the Porcelain Design Competition at Seto, the Gold Prize at the Nagoya Design Competition, and the President's Prize at the Seto Design Competition. In his poetic vision, Yoshiharu aimed to introduce Japanese porcelain to the West through his collections of plates, which reveal different insights into life, beauty, nature, and philosophy that engineered the Japanese to create haiku poems hundreds of years ago. Below are a few of those pieces of porcelain with their different referents to Japanese culture. Leaves 'Leaves' is a fine porcelain plate by Yoshiharu for collectors in Western society. It was

Table of Contents Cry, the Beloved Country Too Late the Phalarope Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful Alan Stewart Paton was born on January 11, 1903, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. He was married to Dorrie Francis Lusted from 1928-1967. He attended the University of Natal and Maritzburg College. Alan visited Norway and developed his ideas about his first novel Cry, the Beloved Country which was completed while in San Francisco in 1946. His debut novel, Cry, the Beloved Country was published in 1948 and became famous as a result of that. Cry, the Beloved Country tells a story of racial injustice and profiling in the then apartheid South Africa. The novel later became the Liberal Party’s manifesto in 1953 of which Alan was a founding vice president. The party fought against the apartheid laws legislated by the National Party government. In 1949 Alan Paton received Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.   Alan’s first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country , his second, Too Late the Phala

Table of Contents Huan’s Job Hunts Achieving Equal Opportunity in a non-equal opportunity contest Blind Recruitment – Bolstering Equality Equal opportunity has become a buzzphrase in this era where equality, diversity, and inclusion heralded almost every media post, employment policy, and government policy. This notwithstanding, equal opportunity has its limitations; there are some factors that the principle behind equal opportunity cannot change. I will begin with a student's job hunt nightmare.  Huan’s Job Hunts Huan is a Chinese, who for her postgraduate studies at one of the prestigious universities in London. She read Graphics Design and Illustration in her first degree. She had 10 years of work experience in China before enrolling for her Masters in the UK. She completed her master’s with an excellent result, notwithstanding her struggles with the communicative English language. Of course, she had improved her writing, speaking, reading, and listening skills in the English