As daunting as tomorrow's sustainability challenges are, Henkel does not see sacrificing quality of life and consumption as a realistic solution.
My own favorite rascal is Count Wiladowski, who alone seems aware of the absurdity of his life, one that he is nonetheless reluctant to see sacrificed for some equally absurd ideology.
We see sacrifices to the loas, spirits that mediate between human beings and the natural and metaphysical worlds, and hear of amarres, or spells, and the cult of the dead, but without more knowledge of this highly intricate religion, its deeper meanings are lost.
Others see sacrificing sleep as the ultimate work commitment.
Sir James George Frazer, a British anthropologist and folklorist, author of The Golden Bough, saw sacrifice as originating from magical practices in which the ritual slaying of a god was performed as a means of rejuvenating the god.
For most of the Generation Y-ers, certainly those born to a generation of working mothers, they saw sacrifice as not seeing enough of the children because of the demands of a good career, or not rising to the zenith of that career because of the children.
He sees sacrifice of self or others as a corruption of power, and power as available to anyone who follows the Way.
When you cared for me when I was sick and unable to get out of bed (cleaning up my throw-up despite me insisting that you let me do it), my daughter saw sacrifice and love in action.
Indeed, when I first saw "Sacrifices," the references seemed so personal that I wondered if this is what happens when a director no longer expects to have an audience — he makes a film that is entirely for himself.
