‘What is Evil?’
21st March, 2023 I recently read a book called ‘Evil- The science behind humanity’s dark side’ by Julia Shaw. It looks at why people do terrible things. One of its points is that most evil people do not think they are doing something wrong, because they can justify their actions in a way most victims […]
‘Look for the Extraordinary in the Ordinary’
20th March, 2023 Two masons were approached by a reporter who asked the first mason, “What are you doing?” His response was to complain that he was virtually a slave, an underpaid bricklayer who spent his days wasting his time, placing bricks on top of one another. The reporter asked the second mason the same […]
5 More Minutes
19th March, 2023 A woman sat down next to a man on a bench at a playground park one fine Sunday Morning. “That’s my son over there” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red T-shirt who was gliding down the slide. “He’s a fine looking boy,” the man said. “That’s my son […]
‘Life is What You Make it’
18th March, 2023 You will always be given a bare wall, add the colours that you like to create a life that you want. “If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley – but be the best little scrub by the side of the rill; […]
Perspective- Pale Blue Dot
17th March, 2023 The following excerpt from Carl Sagan’s book ‘Pale Blue Dot’ was inspired by an image taken, at Sagan’s suggestion, by Voyager 1 on 14 February 1990. As the spacecraft was departing our planetary neighborhood for the fringes of the solar system, it turned it around for one last look at its home […]
Humility – Character in Action
16th March, 2023 Sam Rayburn served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States Congress for seventeen years. As the Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn wielded incredible power and prestige. He was third in the line of succession to the presidency. One day, he found out that the teenage daughter […]
‘Delayed Gratification’
15th March, 2023 In today’s day and age of one click purchases & immediately accessible information, instant gratification is seen as the norm though it isn’t always best – in fact, impulse control is an essential life skill. When it comes to achieving your goals, delayed gratification is the skill that will get you there […]
‘The Real Reason for our Blessings’
14th March, 2023 There is a cafe near my house which is mostly full of customers & we invariably have to wait. I have noticed many times that a person comes and takes advantage of the crowd & after eating, secretly leaves without paying. One day while he was eating, I secretly informed the owner […]
‘Go Slow, Go Far’
13th March, 2023 Most young tree saplings spend their early decades under the shade of their mother’s canopy. Limited sunlight means they grow slowly. Slow growth leads to dense, hard wood. But something interesting happens if you plant a tree in an open field: free from the shade of bigger trees, the sapling gorges on […]
’Live Life’
12th March, 2023 Life is like one of those races in nursery school, where you race with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls there is no point coming first. Same is with life, where health & relationships are the marble. Coming first counts only with the marble still […]