On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,” […]
Intelligence without love makes us perverse. Fairness and justness without love makes us inflexible and stern. Diplomacy and tact without love makes us a hypocrite. Success without love turns us arrogant. Wealth without love makes us mean and tight-fisted. Poverty without love turns us into a radical. Beauty without love makes us capricious. Authority and […]
Three things in life once gone never come back… 1) Words, 2) Opportunity, 3) Time Three things in life are never sure… 1) Dreams, 2) Success, 3) Fortune Three things in life that destroy a person… 1) Greed, 2) Arrogance, 3) Anger Three things in life that once lost, hard to build […]
“Let noble thoughts come from everywhere in the world.” – 1 .89.1 Rigveda Many of us do not realize that our thoughts are endowed with tremendous power. Thoughts can do wonders. They have the power to communicate without the need for wires. As we think so we become. Negative thoughts reap negative results. If we […]
Take time to think, reflect and contemplate – it is the source of power. Take time to read and understand – it is the foundation of wisdom. Take time to be silent and meditate – it is the opportunity to seek the real Self, Truth, God. Take time to work and put efforts – it […]
We are often told to be kind, to love and to speak the truth. Yet, while it is right for us to do so, we are rarely told to be true to ourselves, to be honest with ourselves and to protect ourselves first. It is easy to get caught up in a world in which […]
Eva Ekvall, the former Miss Venezuela who finished third in the Miss Universe pageant in 2001, died of breast cancer aged 28. Aged 17, Ekvall was crowned Miss Venezuela of 2000 and the next year was third runner-up in the Miss Universe Pageant. Her name was also listed as one of the most beautiful and […]
1) Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things. Accumulating material things and objects of pleasures without time or a capacity to enjoy is like an aging bald man collecting combs!! 2) Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and the few healthy years you […]
Loneliness and hanging on to the past is a mental disease. In modern times, especially in urban areas around the world, the philosophy “each to his own” is being followed. Each is concerned with only his or her fleeting or momentary happiness (?). This has resulted in loneliness becoming a rampant problem everywhere. Both loneliness […]
These are the days of disposable diapers, throwaway morality, shallow relationships, one-night stands, overweight bodies and pills that seem to do everything. Today we have bigger houses yet smaller families, more convenience, but less time. We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider roads, but narrower viewpoints. We have steep profits, but low generosity. We have conquered […]
