Senseless yet meaningful
You don't have to wait to be told or paid to do something meaningful.Tijn Touber | October 2003 issue It all began in 1982 when Anne Herbert wrote the words ‘practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty’ on a placemat in a local Sausolito (California, United States) restaurant. Read More...
The old and the new Tijn
Tijn Touber asks where 'I' ends and where 'you' begins.Tijn Touber | October 2003 issue Twenty years after I had left, I was back in the country where I had spent a substantial part of my youth: America. I saw my old school and strolled along streets where I once played My old friends said I had Read More...
Food for optimists
For more and more people the unending stream of media reports on failures, frauds, violence, setbacks and frustration has become a source of growing discomfort. But optimism can still triumph over cynicism. A practical guide for those who want to stay optimistic and healthy.Peggy O’Mara | August Read More...
Less perspiration, more inspiration
Living effortlessly is not only more pleasurable, it is also more rewarding. Tijn Touber's column. Tijn Touber | August 2003 issue In the past, when I spent a lot of time in the recording studio making records, I was often sent outside when Monique came in to do her vocals. My stress, which started Read More...
Well done, Ryan!
How an 11-year-old Canadian boy became the hero of an African village. Tijn Touber | April 2003 issue When six-year-old Ryan Hreljac learned at school that there are many children in Africa without clean drinking water, he decided to help. Ryan, who lives in a small town near Ottawa, in Canada, was Read More...
Silence is golden
Listening is the best medicine against violence Tijn Touber | April 2003 issue How can we save the world from growing intolerance, how can we stop the spiral of violence? 'Silence is often the best answer,' says the Dalai Lama. More and more experts are admitting he is right. This is not the time Read More...
Forever on the path
'A person with an address has abandoned the rest of the world for that one address.' Kareen Kohn on living a nomad's life. Marco Visscher | March 2003 issue 'A person with an address has abandoned the rest of the world for that one address.' Kareen Kohn is clearly not lacking in original ideas. Read More...
Where the sidewalks end
One in seven people live in a slum. These neighbourhoods present a threat to domestic and international stability. Better policies can help these areas integrate in society and significantly improve the lives of those living there.Molly O'Meara Sheehan | March 2003 issue Squinting in the sunlight, Read More...
You're not my boss
Children should never, really never, be forced to do something against their will. That's the starting point of a curious movement of parents who think that every form of coercion is damaging. Dawn Friedman describes a controversial view on parenting. Dawn Friedman| February 2003 issue Four years Read More...