SPEED UP
As I am down with mild fever and the third wave of COVID surges across the city , there is a key message, Speed Up . Continue reading SPEED UP
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HAPPINESS
What makes us happy? The other day I purchased a comfort chair for my reading corner , I was very excited and waited for the chair to be delivered . It’s been a few days now that I have the chair , it’s good to have but the excitement of having it has now gone. This happens every time , a packet from Amazon arrives … Continue reading HAPPINESS
THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
What happens outside of us we have no control over that , life changes in a moment just like that. There was no warning, it had never happened, the world shut down , everything stopped. A sudden death in the family , major illness , financial loss , job loss , anything can happen any moment. We seek our lives to be comfortable, pain free … Continue reading THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
WE LIVE A STORY
We are here for a finite time and one day nothing will matter. Dreams and worries will be buried , turned to ashes when it all ends. Just in a moment everything will be over. Finally it all ends , one day sometime in the future even our planet will vanish into a void. How can we make sense of anything. What is the point … Continue reading WE LIVE A STORY
HOW I GOT OVER MY FEARS
I had the fear of flying, the fear would begin when I boarded a flight and if there was turbulence I would be in an internal mess . I have seen panic attacks after I saw a close relative pass away suddenly with a massive heart attack. After the incident, I would land up in ERs at night with breathlessness , I was told that … Continue reading HOW I GOT OVER MY FEARS
DON’T TAKE THIS DAY FOR GRANTED
Last year this time on this day of new year 2020 I was at a party with my wife. There was some news about lockdown in a far off place in China . No one in their wildest dreams could have predicted what was to follow. The world came to a halt , literally , everything stopped as the pandemic spread. Lives were being lost … Continue reading DON’T TAKE THIS DAY FOR GRANTED
REFLECTING ON 2020
2020 has been a year like none before, a year when the world stopped. There are a few things I learnt that I cannot forget. 1. THE UNIMAGINABLE CAN AND WILL HAPPEN : No one could have ever predicted that the world will grind to a halt. One cannot control external events in life one can control how one responds to those events. 2. HUMANS … Continue reading REFLECTING ON 2020
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