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What happens when we die? Who is going to cry for us? Who is going to miss us? Who wants to know how much money you left behind and who is going to get that money?
When we live, who bothers about how we are doing? Who cares about whether…..
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner said, “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” What a fate!
We had recent rains after a long dry summer. There was so much water yet you could hardly believe that the parched earth would swallow up it…..
Salt is vital to life. It has many useful purposes but if used incorrectly, it can be detrimental. The Readers Digest lists more than 60 uses of salt. What would food taste like if there was no salt? We are so used to eating with salt that we often take it for granted. Salt…..
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Just like salt, when you show a little kindness, it goes a long way. Sometimes we may not feel up to the mark and may even make excuses for putting in the effort for doing a good deed for others. When we step out of our comfort zone and show…..
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As the New Year heralds a new start, human nature is to reflect on our lives and take stock. Many people do introspection and aim to set goals for the coming year. Whatever our plans or wherever our thoughts lead us, we often aspire to make a clean start.
Invariably, we are who we…..
Love is probably the most overused and rashly abused word of all. When you say you love someone, do you really and fully understand what you are saying? If love is unpacked, we will be very surprised to discover the true essence of what we confess.
What is love? First, let’s see what love is not – it is not boastful, puffed up, it does not envy, does not parade itself, does not behave rudely, does not seek self gratification,…..
Why is it that when the rains pour, it comes down in torrents? They say that when calamity strikes, it never rains but pours. Just when you think the worse is over and things couldn’t get any worse, you are struck down with another major blow. What do you do? Where do you turn?
Sometimes you try to hold onto a thin strand of hope and as you do, to your horror, you watch it wearing out. Then when it…..
Why would any parent want to scare their own child and cause him to have nightmares? Why would you take an innocent 4 year old and deliberately dress him up as a monster? What role model is that to follow? Why should he wear Dracula teeth and drip with ‘blood and slime’? What is the definition of fun? Is it not something that is pleasant and enjoyable?
I am not alone when I say that the world has gone crazy……
A rose by any other name is still a rose. The delicacy and fragrant perfume of a rose is counter-balanced by the thorns that structurally coexist with this plant. How magnificent is the design of such a created thing but more importantly, how awesome is the One who created it!
Beauty exists in the midst of harsh surroundings. Paradoxically it is the harshness and the roughness, together with the ever-impeding danger of the ‘thorns’ that highlights the fragrant beauty of…..
Are we better off today than our counterparts three or four generations ago? We live in big fancy houses or apartments with designer kitchens and state of the art creature comforts in our bathrooms and bedrooms. Yet how much of home cooked meals are we preparing and how many sit down meals are we sharing as a family?
They had no fancy gadgets and rooms were shared by many siblings. Everyone had duties and everything had to be shared and…..