5 Life Style Of Life, By George Bernard Shaw
5 Life Style
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist
A life is what is given to us; a lifestyle is what is given by us. A lifestyle goes through a life cycle. As we grow, we go through our life, we travel through a series of institutional communities: first our family, then our school and university, then workplace, then local and global organizations. These institutional communities are our societies at large with rules of their own. We human are social being by nature. In normal course, we absorb these rules and we become what we become. The relation is more of a covenant than of a commandment. These institutional practices are passed …show more content…
An individual is drifting out of society like a fish out of water. The love of soft living, hunt for get-rich-quick, do-first instead of safety-first has now become a new norm of the day. There is barely any time to breathe and feel relaxed freely. Individualism gets priority; a man tries to live alone. He succeeds but not succeeds as a human being. Sooner or later he understands that the world is big, bigger than his world.
Quiz: Which is the best country lifestyle wise in the world today? Given you the choice that you were born today -- which country will you choose? (Hint: Bill Gates was born in right country at right time.) NEWSWEEK made a survey across the globe and made lists of best counties in following categories:
• Education: (1) Finland, (2) South Korea, (3) Canada, (4) Singapore, (5) Japan, (6) Switzerland, (7) Estonia, (8) U.K., (9) Ireland and (10) Netherland
• Health: (1) Japan, (2) Switzerland, (3) Sweden, (4) Spain, (5) Italy, (6) Australia, (7) Singapore, (8) Norway, (9) New Zealand and (10)
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist
A life is what is given to us; a lifestyle is what is given by us. A lifestyle goes through a life cycle. As we grow, we go through our life, we travel through a series of institutional communities: first our family, then our school and university, then workplace, then local and global organizations. These institutional communities are our societies at large with rules of their own. We human are social being by nature. In normal course, we absorb these rules and we become what we become. The relation is more of a covenant than of a commandment. These institutional practices are passed …show more content…
An individual is drifting out of society like a fish out of water. The love of soft living, hunt for get-rich-quick, do-first instead of safety-first has now become a new norm of the day. There is barely any time to breathe and feel relaxed freely. Individualism gets priority; a man tries to live alone. He succeeds but not succeeds as a human being. Sooner or later he understands that the world is big, bigger than his world.
Quiz: Which is the best country lifestyle wise in the world today? Given you the choice that you were born today -- which country will you choose? (Hint: Bill Gates was born in right country at right time.) NEWSWEEK made a survey across the globe and made lists of best counties in following categories:
• Education: (1) Finland, (2) South Korea, (3) Canada, (4) Singapore, (5) Japan, (6) Switzerland, (7) Estonia, (8) U.K., (9) Ireland and (10) Netherland
• Health: (1) Japan, (2) Switzerland, (3) Sweden, (4) Spain, (5) Italy, (6) Australia, (7) Singapore, (8) Norway, (9) New Zealand and (10)