Compassion: Week 2

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion” – Dalai Lama   We’ve heard the word “compassion” too often in our lives in various forms and phrases per se: “Be kind to others” “Care for the feelings of others”...

Poem: Impact of Words

  world was not so fascinating life never seemed meaningful morning wasn’t so inspiring neither rain did any good   until one day, you showed me the way I clench close to my heart the wisdom those words impart   to believe myself to be myself to trust...
Focus: Week 4

Focus: Week 4

“Stay focused. Your start does not determine how you are going to finish” – Herman Edwards   The last day of the month brings us to the end of our month long journey of “focus”. We started the month with a poem on staying focused in week 1.   In week...
Focus: Week 4

Focus: Week 3

  Lack of direction, not lack of time is the problem. We all have twenty four hours in a day – Zig Ziglar   We have advanced towards the third week in our expedition of “Focus”. It’s time we must gather from the experience of others. Let’s explore what...
A Poem on Persistence

A Poem on Persistence

There is a Hindi poem that is close to my heart since my childhood. Recently, it got reiterated when I was making my son recite the same as part of his school assignment. I realized that the poem is so amazingly powerful that it was valid ages ago and it holds true...