We believe what we think.
05/05/21 Richard Feynman said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” The first place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If you think, it’s permanent, it will be permanent. If you think, you’ve reached your limits, then you have. If you […]
The Power of Prayer
04/05/21 Don’t use your energy to worry, use your energy to believe, to have faith, that whatever will happen, will be for everyone’s good. As it is said in the Gurbani, “Dukh Vele ardas, Sukh Vele shukrana, Har Vele simran.” _During times of hardship, practice prayer, During times of happiness, practice gratitude, During all times, […]
Some studies suggest that big dogs are more well-behaved pets.
03/05/21 They also point out that bigger dogs usually have better behavior than smaller dogs. But it’s not because they’re inherently better animals; it’s because of humans. We tend to put less effort into the discipline of little dogs because we assume they can’t do as much damage – so larger dogs typically end up […]
Our mind is like a muscle, the more we use it the stronger it becomes.
02/05/21 When we think and act in certain ways it makes a neural pathway in our mind. So the more you think and act in this way the stronger the pathway becomes. It is like walking through a forest everyday. The more you walk along the same path, the more that path becomes visible and […]
Optimists Creed For almost Forty years now, in times of stress and strain, when something has me backed against the wall and I’m ready to do something really stupid with my anger – a kind face appears in my mind & asks:
01/05/2021 Optimists Creed For almost Forty years now, in times of stress and strain, when something has me backed against the wall and I’m ready to do something really stupid with my anger – a kind face appears in my mind & asks: “Problem or inconvenience?” I think of this as the Test of Reality. […]
Historian Deirdre McCloskey says
30/04/2021 Historian Deirdre McCloskey says, “For reasons I have never understood, people like to hear that the world is going to hell”. He called it the seduction of pessimism in a world where optimism is the most reasonable stance”. Patrick O’Shaughnessy once interviewed Rory Sutherland, who said: “If you want to get a rational bastard […]
Adopt the concept of *“Chardhi Kala.”*
29/04/2021 Adopt the concept of *“Chardhi Kala.”* – The art of living in high spirits and Eternal Optimism is the slogan given to us by Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru which means: *“keep your spirits high, no matter what the situation. Have faith, keep doing good and stay positive. Do your best, then […]
Some people, especially what we read or see in the media, feel that things could not have been worse. We read every day of the gloom, the economic problems, the pandemic & the bleak future we are going to be facing.
28/04/2021 Some people, especially what we read or see in the media, feel that things could not have been worse. We read every day of the gloom, the economic problems, the pandemic & the bleak future we are going to be facing. We have also read about the great achievements, the scientific breakthroughs, the technological […]
One Day….
27/04/2021 One day on the news channels we will see ‘No cases of covid reported from across the world’. One day we will read the headlines ‘No covid deaths reported today’. One day we will meet family and friends and freely hug each other. One day, we will all dance at the weddings, be merry […]
When I was about 21 years old
26/04/2021 When I was about 21 years old, I was blessed to have a brilliant person as a friend and mentor. He was much older than me, more instinctual & had developed the acute courage to live his life on his own terms versus following the crowd. A true original in my eyes and a […]