‘Enjoy what You Have’
28th January, 2023 It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon in a small town. Two school-going friends had a crazy idea. They rounded up three goats from the neighborhood and painted the number 1, 2 and 4 on their sides and let the goats loose inside their school building. The next morning, when the authorities […]
Choose What You Fight.
27th January, 2023 I once met a very successful man and I asked him to share his secret with me. He smiled and said to me, I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters. I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me, I stopped fighting over unnecessary issues with my spouse, […]
‘Tend your Garden’
25th January, 2023 I went to visit a friend recently and he was in his garden. I went and sat in a chair that he has in his garden and I could however see he was in a fowl mood. I sat there until he spoke and said “these weeds man, they are a pain, […]
“Enjoy Every Sandwich.”
22nd January, 2023 When legendary musician Warren Zevon was dying of terminal Lung cancer at the age of 52, he appeared on the David Letterman’s talk show and Letterman asked him, what he had learned about life. You know, what were Zevon’s parting words? Looking straight through the camera lens into every soul watching, he […]
Mário de Andrade – The Valuable Time of Maturity.
21st January, 2023 I counted my years and realized that I have less time to live by, than I have lived so far. I have more past than future. I feel like that boy who got a bowl of cherries. At first, he gobbled them, but when he realized there were only few left, he […]
‘Give Yourself a Gift’
08th January, 2023 The greatest gift you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.” ~Anthony J. D’Angelo Recently a friend told me, “You’ve earned a vacation.” Then I realised and asked myself, “Should a vacation be earned?” Everyone deserves to relax and rejoice after some hard work. Time off isn’t a […]
“Good Deed”
07th January, 2023 One cold evening, a little boy was standing in front of a store window. He had no shoes and his clothes were mere rags. A young woman passing by saw the little boy and could read the longing in his pale blue eyes. She took the child by the hand and led […]
Vorfreude
30th December, 2022 This German word Vorfreude is unique and has no English equivalent. It comes from the words vor (“before”) and Freude (“joy”) and means something along the lines of “joyful anticipation.” Vorfreude is the joy you experience while you are looking forward to something like the excitement before a journey or a holiday […]
Was it a ‘Successful’ Year?
29th December, 2022 As we complete another year, A dear friend asked me, “How were the last 12 months, Was it a ‘successful’ Year?” I sat back & reviewed the year gone by and that got me thinking, “What is success?” What does ‘success’ mean to me? Success is definitely not about the cars you […]
2023- The Year of the Rabbit
28th December, 2022 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit and on On January 22nd, the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit bounds into action. The shift in energy will be significant as we move out of 2022, the Year of the Tiger, and into the more patient and gentle Rabbit Year 2023. All Rabbit […]