Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Monica T. S. Flores's books
Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Monica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Monica T. S. Flores’s Followers (4)
439 books
|
66 friends
2,619 books
|
88 friends
66 books
|
155 friends
1,255 books
|
215 friends
529 books
|
49 friends
5,364 books
|
173 friends
310 books
|
60 friends
2 books
|
49 friends
More friends…
Monica T. S. Flores
Goodreads Author
Website
Twitter
Genre
Member Since
August 2015
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/monicadear
Of What Use are Dreams
Why should any of us believe in something beyond ourselves? Why should anything I do make any difference, have any import, make any iota of difference to the world?
You should just sit down and be quiet, I think.
And yet, and yet, still I think about being in the depths, being cold, being alone/apart, and I think how lonely that feels, how much the sense of being “the only” impacts my sense of self,
Read more of this blog post »
More books by Monica T. S. Flores…
Monica’s Recent Updates
|
Monica T. S. Flores
wrote a new blog post
|
|
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
―
―
“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
―
―
“If you're on the path you're meant to be on, everything falls into place; the Universe is telling you that. If you are not on the right path, you will experience roadblocks all along the way, and this is also the Universe telling you to stop, look, and ask if this is where you are supposed to be.”
― Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life
― Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life
“A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon.
Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”
A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.
Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.”
―
Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.”
A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend.
Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.”
―
The Filipino Group
— 8784 members
— last activity Aug 06, 2026 01:06AM
Goodreads - The Filipino Group (GR-TFG) We are Filipinos who love to read anything we get our hands on and who love to meet and discuss these things ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 334930 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more