How do we determine the value of a human being? Perhaps we measure value by the work they can do or by their actions toward others. Maybe we determine value through the clothes they wear or by their vocation or geographic location. Perhaps we determine value in the way people look, the vehicle they drive, or the home they live in. Or maybe value equals financial value. But what if all of these things were stripped away? What if all that is left is the human being itself? Does value still exist? There are many works of literature and art as well as historical and scriptural accounts that would lead us to believe that it does.The obvious answer may in fact be, yes, of course there is still value. However, as I get an opportunity to me...

My love affair with the sky started when I was born! I think I fell in love with it since I opened my eyes, because since I can remember, I always looked at the sky, the clouds, the light refracting through the clouds at different times of the day ... in different parts of the world ... I always liked flying too, my first flying experience was when I was 16 years old and flew to U.K. to go to Cambridge for a summer language course. I still remember my ecstasy when the plane started taxing on the runway and took off, I never felt something so exilarating before in my life! My love affair with planes was started. I also remember looking at a poster that my father gave me during my teens of a tornado fighter and dreaming of flyin...

Having dinner last night with some friends, we found ourselves talking about some issues one of my friends is having with 'office politics.' It seems that one of his colleagues has complained to the manager that he does more work than my friend does. They are all part of the Human Resources "Team," and although they are called a team and are supposed to be united and working together, it really is more of a competition between them. They find themselves vying for attention from their manager, competing and complaining against one another to stand out from the crowd, and even undermining each other's efforts. When we think of a team, we think of a body of individuals working together as one unit. We can read many quotes about the value...