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Written by: Kamran Mofid

Published: 29 March 2017

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“The evidence is strong and growing that people and communities can only thrive when they have access to nature. We all need nature in our lives, it gives us freedom and helps us live healthily; yet deprived communities are routinely cut off from nature in their surroundings and it is suffocating for their well-being.”Access to nature reduces depression and obesity, finds European study

In this troubled world let the beauty of nature and simple life be our greatest teachers

Oxwich Bay, South Wales-Photo: Anne Mofid

“When beauty touches our lives, the moment becomes luminous. These grace-moments are gifts that surprise us. When we look beyond the moment to our life journey, perhaps we can choose a new rhythm of journeying which would be more conscious of beauty and more open to inviting her to disclose herself to us in all the situations we travel through.”-John O’Donohue

We should look beyond economics and open our eyes to beauty

“We seem to have forgotten that the human spirit is not satisfied by material progress alone. It’s time for us to reconnect with nature.”-Fiona Reynolds, former National Trust director general

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Written by: Kamran Mofid

Published: 24 March 2017

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‘Many millions of voters claim God revealed to them that Donald Trump is a modern day Cyrus the Great.’ Photo: bing.com

I just finished reading a very interesting, mind-boggling article by James Gordon in today’s Guardian. Wow! What can I say!

It seems that millions in the US voted for Donald Trump, believing that he was a Cyrus, that is, Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia, and thus, Trump was on the path to fulfil a Biblical prophecy!

I could not believe what I was reading: Trump, Cyrus the Great! Halleluiah, Praise the Lord, I said to myself!

Let me explain a bit more by quoting a passage or two from the said article:

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