My essays, rare as they are, are intended to delve into the strange similarities

between variious languages of the European Community Borrowings and

assimilations between various languages have been known for thousands

of years, but we are now moving closer to erecting a modern Tower of Babel.

The reason for that phenimenon is simple: the internet and blogging which

is now approaching the proportions of a verbal tsunami. It may be causing an initial

babble of too many voices , but we will gradually  discovered that common language

 which existed before the confusion deliberately brought about but the mysterious

Yahve (Gen.11:7,9) with his unnamed helpers ("Let us, go down and confuse")

Now it's the time to start unravelling that babble of voices by finding familiar arrangements

of letters in every language. Quite a task, but what fun! Ciao.

 

"The..dreadful calm within the whirl, to which sailors have given the name of 'the eye of the storm'  "  (anon)

 

Have you ever experienced a hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, typhoon or cyclone in your life? No, I don't mean those untameable, elemental winds that, in their unpredictable fury, sweep across  across many parts of the world.  What I have in mind are those unexpected changes that come upon us suddenly like a whirlwind or a hurricane.  It seems that life keeps those wild  spinners in readiness to send them to us when we have sunk too deep in complacency or deserve another learning experience.

Our peaceful existence may be first overshadowed by forebodings or events that loom on the horizon like dark clouds, casting long shadows and filling us with disquiet.  We may sense that approaching wind of change, though we cannot predict its strength or disruption it may cause until it is upon us.  The moment it arrives, we are swept by its sheer force. We know that the change has began.

That is the moment when we should  seek the "eye of the storm", that unearthly calm and peace at the very heart of the raging elements, the oasis of tranquility at the centre of  the unstoppable spiral of  change. When you feel that a change in your life approaching or, perhaps, it  is already upon you , remember that you are a creative "artist" who can paint his own picture of tranquility which is that vital "eye of the storm". Put that picture into your heart and mind and ride the whirlwind.