Short people were valued highly in ancient Egyptian culture, according to a current article by Chahira Kozma, a pediatrician at Georgetown University, published in the American Journal of Medical Genetics.
Articles about the study appear on BBC News, and at Live Science, which more vividly details the wisdom teachings of the culture. The article features a prayer of dwarve god worship and cites examples demonstrating a general sense of respect in ancient Egyptian culture towards “the sick and the malformed”—
A sweet lil’ story that’s a bit like Adam and Eve, without all the deception and sin. It a Hawaiian creation myth, How The Gods Made People: “The great gods sometimes came to earth. They surfed in rolling waves and wandered over plain and mountain. They drank from bubbling springs and picked hala fruit or ‘ohelo berries.”
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke/
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure/
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up/
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY/
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run/
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.