His Plans are better
21st January 2025 A king was once roaming the streets of the city as part of an annual religious procession. As the king walked, an attendant walked behind him holding a large umbrella over his head to shield him from the scorching heat of the sun. The king suddenly felt that one of his feet […]
Are you holding onto something that you no longer need?
20th January 2025 Here’s a story that I love A man on a long journey comes to a wide, rushing river blocking his path. With no way around it and no bridge in sight, he chops down a tree and uses the wood to build a small boat. The boat is remarkably sturdy, and the […]
Live Life!
19th January 2025 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 […]
The Helped, Heard, or Hugged Method
18th January 2025 I have a confession to make, whenever someone approaches me with a problem, I try to fix it. This is generally good in a professional context, but when you bring this natural bias into your personal relationships, the results can be decidedly mixed. Over the years, my ‘Mr. Fix It’ mentality created […]
Do a good deed!
17th January 2025 Fleming was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while working at his farm, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools & ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming & struggling to free himself. Farmer […]
God’s piece of cake….
16th January 2025 Sometimes we wonder… ‘What did I do to deserve this ? ‘Why did God have to do this to me ? Here is a wonderful explanation… A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing her exam, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is […]
What game are you playing?
15th January 2025 I recently attended a conference wherein, at the start of the panel discussion, the moderator asked us to give a 1-2 minute opening on, Who we are, and a response to one question: “What game are you playing?” When it was my turn, I started speaking and continued until my time was […]
Happy Makar Sankranti !
14th January 2025 Makar Sankranti coincides with the day the Sun leaves the tropic of Cancer to move towards the tropic of Capricorn (called Makar in India). Makara Sankranti is considered a highly auspicious day, Even the mortally wounded Bhishma, who had the boon to choose the time of his death, chose Makara Sankranti day […]
‘The Legend of Lohri!’
13th January 2025 Lohri, a major festival in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, is a symbol of fertility and thanksgiving to the fire god. It is also convivial community bonding time. Our forefathers believed that the flames of the fires they lit took their message to the sun, and that is why on the morning after […]
Brrrr…It’s cold!
12th January 2025 It is said that Winter is not a season but a celebration. Snuggled in my duvet, after another round of hot tea, I started thinking about the extreme cold wave we are currently enjoying & these thoughts came to my mind. “Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether […]