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Life gives us novel lessons- in life. Each one of us learns one thing or the other from life. However, as You would agree, on most of these lessons, there are differences and arguments among people who experience life everyday- people like You and me. Opinions, conclusions, interpretations galore, what is right and what is wrong. On one such lesson arguments give way to a consensus: ‘One must be able …
We know what misery is. We know misery precisely because each one of us has felt it somewhere inside her own life. Some days, some months, some years spent in misery. Misery: the degree & recurrence The degree, of course, varies. At the lower end constituting very faint feeling- so much so that some of us would happily refuse to acknowledge its existence. And rightfully so. At its peak, it …
See a child smile. Then, watch her smile turn into laughter. And then make yourself doubly sure that it is the smile that enlivened the atmosphere, including You. And then You got to learn from this. Why does a smile come so naturally and so effortlessly to a child? Is it not because a child’s world is so much simpler? Simpler not just in terms of amount of knowledge of …
Anticipation of the future takes up a lot of our time. We anticipate good and bad events, good and bad fortune, good and bad life-situations. In its healthier avatar, this process of anticipation is demanded by life herself. We need to predict life-pathways and strategize. So we anticipate. But don’t we overdo it often. So much that people end up spending a lifetime in some kind of anticipation. They know …
You often experience the best learning incidentally. Often while looking around to find ‘Similarities’ You discover ‘Laws’. Finding Similarities is great fun and finding Laws, great value. And where is more value than in learning the laws of life- incidentally. So are laws of life floating around You? Waiting to be discovered by You? For, if You discover the Law, You possess the best knowledge on action (what to do), …
Celebration is important for You. Celebration not just limited to the conventional meaning of the term. The art of celebration lies in celebrating your life. It simply means celebrating your life each day, as much as possible– with your everyday chores included. Celebrating a small noble deed by You. Celebrating all that You have. And celebrating all that You give. It is not impractical at all. Celebration becomes a natural …
As time flows along, we all want to celebrate our lives in very special ways. Celebration- reinforcement to our belief in vitality of life. Welcoming the new year is one such special occasion. Signifying your hopes, vitality and will. We all welcome the New Year. We should. But do You treat the ‘New Moment’ of your life in the same spirit? Each New Moment that acts as an hourglass, through …
