“Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas” says H L Mencken. I sometimes wish life was simpler, less complex and had clearer directions, but then this journey wouldn’t be so exciting, adventurous and mysterious. Every day of our life we make hundreds of choices; some are simple daily mundane choices while…
Open Cookie Jars
“A little boy’s mother had just baked a fresh batch of cookies and placed them in a cookie jar, giving instructions that no one touch them until after dinner. But it was not long until she heard the lid of the jar move, and she called out “My son, what are you doing?” To which…
Brainwashed by Media
“Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise”. Guess who said those words? It sounds very manipulative and pathetic but it is true that by constant propaganda we can brainwash a…
The Greatest Loss
“The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for” said Allan K Chalmers. In a world where everything seems to be falling apart one after the other, hanging in there with hope may be difficult at times. Almost every day whether you are watching the news of…
The myth of a PAIN-FREE life
“Pain. We all know what it tastes like. Whether its source is physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual, its interruptions in our lives disrupts and reshapes. It intercepts our hopes and plans; it rearranges our dreams. It always leaves a mark” says Tim Hansel in his book “You gotta keep dancing”. I did not yet meet…
The deception of ‘Political Correctness’
“For the first time in our history, Americans have to be fearful of what they say, of what they write, and of what they think. They have to be afraid of using the wrong word, a word denounced as offensive or insensitive, or racist, sexist, or homophobic” says author and analyst William S. Lind. During…
CAN YOU WAIT?
NOBODY LIKES TO WAIT, I am one of those many who is terribly impatient and find it difficult to wait in uncertainty. David H Roper says “We don’t like to wait. We dislike the long lines at super-market checkout counters, and the traffic jams downtown and around shopping malls. We hate to wait at the…
The dark-side of ABUNDANCE!
“Abundance, like want, ruins many” says a Romanian proverb. Material abundance promises more choices, easier access to things, less struggle and more ways to enjoy life. Everyone likes to have things in abundance; but is having things in abundance always a blessing? Yes, it is a blessing in the sense it relieves us from the…
Olympian of all time?
During the last few days billions of fans have been anxiously watching the best of athletes from around the world compete in the Beijing Olympics. It may not be an exaggeration to say that the world seems to have paused for a few days as the best of athletes of each nation compete for the…
Strings that hold LIFE
“Men are born free, but everywhere they are in chains” said Rousseau. Nobody likes chains, because they tie us down, restrict our freedom and limit our pursuit. One of the strange paradoxes of life is how almost all of us want to be free, yet deep down in our hearts we long to be loved…