Prediciting Happiness

Predicting Happiness

04th Dec, 2021 Most people have a list of wishes: things that they think will bring them to the doorstep of happiness once they have them finally in their grasp. To imagine what will bring joy to our future selves requires mental time travel, which is a uniquely human skill accrued from two million years […]

Humility

Humanity

3rd Dec, 2021 नमन्ति फलिनो वृक्षा नमन्ति गुणिनो जनाः। शुष्ककाष्ठ्ठश्च मूर्खश्च न नमन्ति कदाचन ॥ The Sanskrit shloka says, “Just as a fruit laden tree bows low, so does an accomplished person in humility” The branches of a tree laden with fruit bend downward just as the virtuous persons bow down out of respect to […]

Perspective

Perspective

2nd Dec, 2021 We are on a minor planet of a very average star in the outer suburb of one of a 100 billion galaxies. And you & I are just one of the billions of people here. So, are the problems that we face as we walk through our days really so big?  A […]

Don’t Only Dream, Act on it

Don't Only Dream, Act on it

1st Dec, 2021 The world is full of could’ve- beens. A could’ve been is worse than a has been. At least a has been was “there” once. Remember that the  smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. Don’t only dream it, act on it. The biggest challenge we encounter in life and […]