Swami Vivekananda was one of the tall figures in the arena of Indian spirituality who was nurtured by the light and wisdom of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. Swami Vivekananda was the key person behind the founding of the Ramakrishna Mission that has to its credit a large number of social and religious reforms, social service […]


The following event explains how happiness is a state of mind. All of us should try to develop such attitude.   A man of 92 years, short, very well-presented, who took great care in his appearance, was moving into an old people’s home. After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiled […]

There is nothing good or bad in life from the absolute standpoint. It appears so only from a relative standpoint. It is all about choices… So choose wisely.   Don’t be so harsh on yourself. We have come to this life to learn all about who we are in Reality. There is a huge difference […]

We don’t need too many friends…just good friends who understand.   A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the four pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a […]

Late Indian Industrialist, JRD Tata, had a friend who used to tell him that he misplaced and lost his pen very often. Hence he used to buy only very cheap pens so that he need not worry about losing them. He was worried about his habit of being careless. JRD suggested he buy the costliest […]

Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff.     She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens. ‘Great’, she thought. ‘Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of […]

We all know that it is better to live in the present moment than drown in worries about a future mired in uncertainties. In fact we should not worry about anything. Whatever is destined not to happen will never happen, try as you may. Whatever is destined to happen will happen, do what you may […]

The truly inspiring story of the Chinese rubbish collector who saved and raised thirty babies abandoned at the roadside.   Lou Xiaoying has been praised in China for saving more than thirty abandoned babies over the years.   A woman has been hailed a hero after details of her astonishing work with abandoned children has […]

“Everything changes except the law of change. You cannot step in the same river twice. The river changes every second and so does the man who stepped into it. Life is a ceaseless change. The only certainty is the present moment. Why mar the beauty of living in the present moment to solve the problems […]

Today, upon a bus,  I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I were as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave,  I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and used a crutch.  But as she passed, she gave me a smile.   Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I […]