Catch Someone Doing the Right Thing!
28th December 2024 Someone beautifully said, “It’s More Important to Be Kind than Clever.” In a world that is being reshaped by the relentless advance of technology, what stands out are acts of kindness and compassion that remind us what it means to be human.” Now it’s time to raise the obvious next question: How […]
Make the Coffee
26th December 2024 I recently came across a beautiful true story, written by a woman named Pam Kearney, on the impact of even the most tiny, inconsequential actions and I can’t stop thinking about this story: “Pam Kearney visits a local bakery shop to meet the owner. She tells him that a few years earlier, […]
‘The season of giving’
23rd December 2024 “We give little when we give of our possessions but we give much when we give of ourselves”, said Al Mustafa in Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’. Christmas is known as the season of giving. The practice of giving gifts during Christmas is symbolic of the presentation of the gifts by the Three […]
Let’s make the World Better – one small step at a time
20th December 2024 Some days ago , I was waiting at the railway station for my train to arrive, sitting there engrossed in reading a book. Seeing me, a girl of about 10 years of age with a little boy, probably her brother, came to me and said, “Sir, please buy these pens, I will […]
Drinking from My Saucer
14th December 2024 This weekend, let’s just be thankful for our many blessings and I am reminded of this poem by John Paul Moore. The poem serves as a metaphor for a life overflowing with blessings. “I’ve never made a fortune and it’s probably too late now. But I don’t worry about that much, I’m […]
‘Be Grateful’
12th June 2024 Lewis Howes, in his book ‘The School of Greatness’ talks about creating a grateful mindset which he calls an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. He goes on to say that ‘Life is better if you develop an attitude of gratitude’. The more you thank life, the more life gives you to be thankful for. […]
‘Overcome the challenges’
24th March 2024 Helen Keller lived in a world of darkness and silence. She was eighteen months old when she contracted a virus that robbed her of her sight and hearing. Imagine what that must have been like! As she got older she developed terrible temper tantrums because she couldn’t communicate with others. That is […]
“Live Life Now!”
3rd March 2024 Here is a poem written by child psychologist David L. Weatherford, I read some years back and again recently. This is one of the few texts that led me to work towards changing my life, from one where I was deferring living for tomorrow to one where I try to live today […]
‘Be Grateful’
9th Feb 2024 I love this line, which comes from a quote by Melodie Beattie: “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a […]
“Thank you God”
31st Dec 2023 As we end another wonderful year full of ups and downs, I am overwhelmed with just one feeling, A feeling of immense gratitude for all the wonderful things that I was blessed with in the year gone by. We had blessings right through the year which far outweighed the challenges or obstacles […]