Monthly Archives: October 2013

FMM 10 25 13 Simple Arithmetic

October 25, 2013 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · Leave a comment

‘Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.’  ~ Bertrand Russell.   I was seven years old when I went to live in Jamaica.  The first school I attended was a small private school, run by a retired couple.  Teacher G taught the […]

FMM 10 18 13 Be on the Lookout

October 18, 2013 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 2 Comments

‘Never fall in love with your disease’~Luis Gaviero  I used to joke that education is expensive, thinking of the high price we have to pay for some lessons rather than the cost of schooling.  Whether it is a relationship that turns sour, or an adventure that puts us behind bars, it may be hard at […]

FMM 10 11 13 What does it all mean?

October 11, 2013 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 1 Comment

“Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.”  ~ Aristotle. When I was a teenager I had large thoughts and grand questions.  Was it reasonable to think that our earth was the only habitable planet in the universe?  Could there be another world, another population, possibly another me out there somewhere?  Was […]

FMM 10 04 13 More than the sum of our parts.

October 4, 2013 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 2 Comments

‘Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself.’ ~ Jean-Paul Sartre.   Have you ever stopped to think about how amazing the human body is?  We are composed of trillions of cells, each with their own job to do.  Born as common stem cells, they grow up and differentiate into specialists, performing […]