.!!..The Logic of Compassion.!!..

Compassion is a feeling related to human care; it is a moral feeling of great importance in human relationships. That is the reason it is very common to hear some discussions about human compassion. For exemplo: " We need to think more about the world's problems, our lack of care is the symptoms of the major humanity problems." However, the logic of compassion is not easy to understand.

The feelings of loyalty, respect, and other emotions have been generated in the course of human evolution, when society  joined to live together. It was the way to survive. The brain has learned throughout evolution to avoid conflicts of group living. These developments of the brain can help us understand the moral behavior of man.

We don't feel compassion for others when there is no correspondence to our lives. The act of compassion really to make ourselves feel better, it frees us from a feeling of pain that is our own. The problems suffered by others make us feel powerless if we don’t run to rescue the victim. Besides, we have the fear that it may also happen to us.

Compassion involves philosophical feelings of learning to care. The feelings of wanting to take care arise when we know  why it is happening. Compassion exist because we see ourselves in the situation, i.e., we identify with the other. If this identification isn't real, compassion will not exist.

..^-^.. Hodja

Hodja is a turkish man that was born in 1208 in the village of Horto near Sivrihisar, Turkey.

His legendary wit and droll trickery were possibly based on the exploits and words of an historical imam.

Some of the stories have a moral, some do not. Some have to be read twice. Some are hilarious.

All will serve to remind us of ourselves.

Statue of the Hodja - Akshehir, Turkey

Here is one story of Hodja .... try to read it and see what you can learn from it...

JUST TRY.... DO NOT BE AFRAID....

 Beggar on the roof

One day Hodja was repairing tiles on the roof of his house. While Hodja was working on the roof, a stranger knocked at the door.
- "What do you want?" Hodja shouted down.
- "Come down!" replied the stranger, "So I can tell you."
Hodja unwillinging and slowly climbed down the ladder.
- Well! replied Hodja, what was the important thing?
- Could you give a little money to this poor old man? begged the stranger.
Tired Hodja started to climb up the ladder and said,
- Follow me up to the roof.
When both Hodja and the beggar were on the roof, Hodja said,
- "The answer is no!"

The Getway

One day a young guy that was traveling from western Mexico came in to my gas station just to take a cup of coffee. He was drinking his cup of coffee but couldn’t believe it. He was very surprised that my gas station was very clean and seemed to have never been used, and the coffee was tasty. Of course; I work too hard. It was something so different than his expectation. He was expecting some dirty place with coffee tasting like steel. One more thing; there was me, a gentle man that helped the young guy very fast. The guy was very surprised because no other costumers were there, and he started to ask me why. Suddenly, two men who were wearing expensive clothes came inside the gas station . They started asking me for some directions; they needed help to go to El Paso. I showed them a better road with a map to make it easy. The men took the map for themselves and started walking out.

The young guy didn’t pay attention when the men talked with each other. He just saw when unexpectedly they turned around pulled guns in his direction and started shooting.  He just had time to go down on the floor. So afraid of shots, he didn’t have the courage to look at who they were shooting.

The men were shot and when they fell on the ground the silence returned. At this time the guy got up, but he couldn’t believe in what he saw. He saw a woman with a gun; she was the most wonderful woman he had ever seen in his life! Of course, she was a Latin woman.

The guy fell in love with her and didn’t ask why she killed them. He just asked her if she would accept a cup of coffee. Very naively, he only received a cold answer from the women “Get out of my way”. And walked past him with her high heels clicking on the floor.

**...Many secrets brings a woman’s heart...**

Whom can tell me where is happiness? Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Whoever has love in life is lucky.

I have always dreamed about a real love, but I had never met one before.

When I saw you for the first time I thought, “Where does this smile that blinds me come from? Where do these eyes so beautiful come from”? I didn't believe it at first, but you bewitched me. I don’t know how and why. I feel like I drank a poison of love.

With all my heart and soul, I don’t have any idea how long my heart has taken to know that was love. The feeling gradually took all the space of my mind, and made me completely in love. It is a magic feeling that arises, that no one expects.

Everything happened like a dream, nobody knew that I had a heart that loved and smiled for you.

You have a heart of gold, always doing my wishes. I’m sure that you will never break my heart, and I love you for this.

....Something that I like as a Biotechnologist....

Do you know what is Genetic Engineering?

Genetic engineering is a technique used by scientists to change the DNA of living organisms.

DNA is the blueprint for the individuality of an organism. The segments of DNA which have been associated with specific features or functions of an organism are called genes.

Molecular biologists have discovered many enzymes which change the structure of DNA in living organisms. Some of these enzymes can cut and join strands of DNA. Using such enzymes, scientists learned to cut specific genes from DNA and to build customized DNA using these genes. They also learned about vectors, strands of DNA such as viruses, which can infect a cell and insert themselves into its DNA.

With this knowledge, scientists started to build vectors which incorporated genes of their choosing and used the new vectors to insert these genes into the DNA of living organisms.

Genetic engineers believe they can improve the foods we eat by doing this. For example, tomatoes are sensitive to frost. This shortens their growing season. Fish, on the other hand, survive in very cold water. Scientists identified a particular gene which enables a flounder to resist cold and used the technology of genetic engineering to insert this 'anti-freeze' gene into a tomato. This makes it possible to extend the growing season of the tomato.

A Mix Tape "Dialog"

Love Catastrophe

The story happened in a beautiful village in south of Chile, with a young couple—Victor and Poliana. They knew each other when they were in the High School. They follow in love, but same thing happened in their life……

P: All by myself

V: Looking for love?

P: I want to dance with somebody.

V: Let’s go to dance.

P: Let’s Kiss.

V: Let’s go to talk about sex.

P: Like a virgin. We have only begun.

V: I want to be your boyfriend. I will tumble for you.

P: Head Over heels.

V: Nothing compares to you. My girl.

P: Could this be love?

V: Love and marriage.

P: White Wedding.

V: Stuck in the middle with you.

P: Tempted. There goes my baby!

V: What is going on?

P: Where did you sleep last night?

V: Who’s bad have your boots been under?

P: Jealous guy! Your cheatin’ heart.

V: Shot through the heart.

P: Don’t go breaking my heart.

V: My achy breaky heart.

P: Heartbreak Hotel.

V: Stop in the name of the love.

P: Try a little tenderness.

V: Try, just a little bit harder. All apologies.

P: Hanging on the telephone.

V: I just called to say I love you. Love will keep us together.

P: Let’s stay together.

V: It ain’t over till it’s over.

P: What’s love got to do whit it? You don’t bring me flowers anymore.

V: I wish you wouldn’t say that.

P: You are so vain.

V: love is a battlefield.

P: Heaven knows I’m miserable.

V: Can’t get no satisfaction.

P: Must have been love. But it’s over now.

V: Breaking up is hard to do. I will survive.

P: Hit the road jack.

V: These boots were made for walking.

P: All out of love. All by myself.