Tag: One Daily Tale
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Learn to Learn
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Read more: Learn to LearnGuided by the 7 Shapes, the Espers realized that their StarDust was the result of the teachings shared by all of them. One of the important things they also understood was that, no matter what they tried to do, the will to do it was extremely important. The funny thing is, in order to learn,…
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Through our eyes
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Read more: Through our eyesWe tend to reproduce what we see, and we tend to want what we are shown. This sounds obvious, but itâs precisely why marketing works so well: the more you are presented with a product, the more unconsciously familiar it becomesâand eventually, youâll want it for yourself. What if, instead, society promoted a lifestyle that…
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Resources
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Read more: ResourcesOn Esperia, the laws of physics were very different from those we know on Earth. This allowed the Espers to use magical powers. But they were also deeply aware of the land they lived in, and the natural presence of the 7 Shapes always reminded them that they needed to live in balance with the…
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A Life Ticket
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Read more: A Life TicketFor any human being reading these lines, you have been given a life ticketâone you couldnât refuse. You own this ticket, and you alone. How you choose to use it is entirely up to you. The kind of ticket you received may seem quite random: you may have been born into a wealthy family in…
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Failures
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Read more: FailuresThere is a certain irony in how the human brain works: for us to learn and grow, we also need to fail personally. Babies do it naturally when trying to grab objects, sit up, or learn how to walk: they try, fail, try again, fail again⊠When this was understood by the Espers on Esperia,…
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Climbing
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Read more: ClimbingCha Cha liked studying human civilization and the various inventions humans had createdâespecially sports. One of them in particular captured his attention: climbing. He saw in it a philosophy of life: âYou get to battle with yourself. You fail a lot, but try again a lot, and eventually succeedâor not. Sometimes what you lack is…
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Your Doors
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Read more: Your DoorsWe can be taught many things. But others can only bring us to the doorsâwe must open them with our own hands. Opening those doors will be up to you. And you alone. Some doors are harder to open. Others you wonât even know existâuntil you meet new people or live new experiences. Some doors…
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Empathy
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Read more: EmpathyWhat truly defines us as humans? What sets us apart from other species? Not our physical strength, nor our intelligence. It is our social abilitiesâour capacity to form groups of many individualsâthat have led the human species to eventually dominate the Earth. Empathy is our ability to understand and share the feelings of another. It…
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Language
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Read more: LanguageOne of the most underrated âskillsâ to learn is language. For those lucky enough to have had access to education, the use of language in all its formsâbe it speaking, reading, or writingâmay seem obvious and trivial. But it isnât trivial at all. Mastering a language is one of the key skills to develop. Why?…
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Natural Resources
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Read more: Natural ResourcesIn just a few hundred years, the shape of the Earth has drastically changedâmostly due to the use of fossil fuels that created the âworld of abundanceâ we live in today. While this allowed some countries to thrive on this new âblack gold,â when we realize that this resource is, first, not infinite, and second,…