A way to overcome weakness. In Mahabharata, Duryodhana would repeatedly say, “I know what is right but I cannot indulge in it. I know what is wrong but I cannot avoid it.” As Mahatria was telling this I thought why it should be difficult to avoid what’s wrong and indulge in what’s right. But as …
Where are you searching? Once there was a king who searched the whole world to find a ‘Perfect Guru’ who could show him the way to happiness, but could not find one. One day, along with his entourage of soldiers, carrying arms, and other paraphernalia, as he was passing by the river Ganges, the king …
If old is gold, then what about the present? On a holiday, my hubby and I were relaxing on a warm beach, looking at the blue sea and truly admiring its serenity. As I was enjoying the melodies of the sea, with my eyes closed, I was jolted by the voice of an irritated teenager. …
How to be blissful independent of the environment? I love doing aerobics at the gym. No matter how tired I feel or how late I slept the night before, the days when I have an aerobics class, I spring out of the bed in excitement and happiness. I thoroughly enjoy the class and have …
We make the mistake of quantifying everything in our lives. But so many things are qualitative, not quantitative. I happened to read an article by Peter Drucker which read, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” It struck a chord when I read it, because I realized that a lot of our success …
A four-legged creature helped the author understand a truth about life… The urge to bring pets into our homes is so widespread that it’s tempting to think of it as a universal feature of human nature. I am someone who would prefer to interact with humans rather than play with pets! I am not fond …