Reading between the lines
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stone to meal;Slays king, ruins town,And beats high mountain...
Love and sacrifice: romance and crucifixion
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“LOVING you was a mistake.”
Can these words have a valid cause? When can a person be credible enough to make such...
‘Oh, the so many mistakes!’
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third...
On understanding
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” -Stephen Covey
THIS IS about having an understanding heart: to continue caring and loving...
Creative evil: the paraphernalia of anti-self
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“The same human mind that creates the most beautiful works of art and extraordinary marvels of technology is equally responsible for...
Two weeks after my New Year’s resolutions
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”...
Stand guard at the door of your heart
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“The hardest choices require the strongest wills.”—Thanos
THE MORE years we have been living, the more time we have been spending looking...
Why I stopped making New Year’s resolutions
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
ADVERSITY Quotient is a person's ability to face situations, problems, and obstacles in life. A person with an adversity quotient will be...
The gilded honorables
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. But a government of politicians,...
Greatness in different perspectives
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“My friends, you bow to no one.”— King Aragorn to Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin
Humility as greatness
At the end of the...