: George Malki
: A Daycare of Feelings
: BookBaby
: 9781483572673
: 1
: CHF 3.80
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: Philosophie, Religion
: English
: 200
: kein Kopierschutz
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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This is a short fictional easy-to-read philosophic novel in which Dr. Malki explores the relevance of feelings and their impact on our lives. In the beginning, Mother Nature grows lonely, and decides to create humans to keep her company. Her initial attempt utterly fails, because Mother nature created humans without feelings! What is Mother Nature to do? Should she scrap her experiment and continue to live lonely, or take a gamble on humans who only understood the language of feelings and turned a deaf ear to their creator. The novel is basically a dialogue between Fear and Mother Nature on one hand and between Fear and Joy on the other. Will Mother Nature and Fear become friends? Will they be able to see eye to eye on the important philosophical questions of life? This novel is quite original: It takes place in the soul of a human being (the Daycare), where our invisible feelings finally come to life, with Fear, Joy, Hunger, Anger, Sadness and Guilt leading the pack.
THE STORY OF FEELINGS
It was getting late in the evening, and Fear knew that a long night awaited her. She had promised her carefree sister Joy that she would be sharing with her some important information tonight. The human body that Fear and her sister feelings inhabit has grown old—eighty-four years old, to be exact. Deep in the soul, the sisters have lived together all these years and have managed the affairs of the human flesh they inhabit quite remarkably. The heart was starting to fail, however, and one of the valves needed urgent replacement. The doctors could not guarantee that the flesh would survive the surgery. The intervention still remained the better option because, without it, the flesh’s condition was going to deteriorate rapidly. Fear knew that she was running out of time, and that is why earlier on in the day she told Joy about the need to sit together when the other sisters all went to bed. She had some secrets that she had kept to herself all these years and thought that it was time she shared them with her happy sister. Joy was of limited intellect but was always eager to listen and soothe her worried sister. Fear, thanks to her worrying and caring nature, had grown to be the undisputed leader among her sisters. In fact, out of respect and courtesy, they sometimes called her Mother Conscience, for she truly represented the conscience of the soul where they all lived. Fear had always felt more comfortable when they called her “Sister,” though; it made her feel closer to them.
Fear had conveniently classified her sisters into different categories. The nagging sisters were Hunger, Thirst, Sex, and Pain. Once these feelings opened their eyes, their nagging started, and Fear had to answer them quickly. They were hopelessly naive and demanding in nature. Then there were the moody sisters—Anger, Frustration, Guilt, and Sadness. These were the dreaded sisters that Fear hated to deal with. Next there were the sisters of the five senses, which help bring the world outside to the soul. The good sisters were a class of their own— Joy, Satisfaction,