Are you missing out on life?
7th Dec, 2023 In Washington, DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man […]
Why Not You?
4th Dec, 2023 Someone will do something fresh, new, and brave today…. Why not you? Someone will befriend a stranger; deliver hope to the hopeless and model decency… Why not you? Someone will turn pain into power, fear into fortune, and confusion into clarity… Why not you? Someone will be recognized for their mastery, celebrated […]
‘Don’t judge’
2nd Dec, 2023 In our adult life, we assume that the other person is not as smart as us and we can fool him easily. A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world, watch while I prove it to you.” The […]
‘Life is all about Balance’
26th Nov, 2023 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. The same is true with life, where health & relationships are the marble. Coming first counts only with the […]
‘Climbing down Mt. Everest’
22nd Nov, 2023 Stories of Tenzing and Hillary have inspired generations of mountain climbers to push themselves to take on the challenge, brave adversity and get to the top. Not everybody who starts the climb to Mount Everest makes it back alive, though, and that only adds to the lure of the challenge. A recent […]
‘Prepare your children for the road’
14th Nov, 2023 An avid Gardner, saw a small butterfly laying a few eggs in one of the pots in his garden. Since that day he looked at the egg with ever growing curiosity and eagerness. The egg started to move and shake a little & the gardener was excited to see a new life […]
‘10th Apple Effect’
31st Oct, 2023 A hunter once lost his way deep inside the jungle while chasing a deer. He used all of his navigation skills, but neither did he find any way out of the jungle nor could he find any food to eat for 3 days at a stretch. He lost all hope & thought […]
‘Concentrate and Focus’
11th Oct, 2023 Lack of focus is a common ailment in current times due to the large number of distractions available. We all lack the power to concentrate on the subject at hand and our mind often wanders in different directions. ‘In Will Power & Self Discipline,’ Remez Sasson wrote that concentration is the ability […]
‘Keep Kicking’
4th Oct, 2023 A crisis is a true test of character, they say. Ups and downs are a part of of life but how you tackle the downs holds the key to the highs that might occur later in life. A business you started could run into trouble, you could find yourself laid off, You […]
‘Work – life Balance Cont’d’
26th September, 2023 What does work-life balance actually mean? Ask five different people, and you’ll get five different answers. None of us want to become slaves to our work. We want to live our lives to the fullest, and we like to think that if we seek “balance,” we will find peace, contentment and perhaps […]