What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. Eleanor Powell We have absolutely no control upon how and when we are sent to this world. Likewise, we can do nothing about when we are to die. To a certain extent, the talents we possess are purely hereditary. Read more…
Life is for one generation; a good name is forever. Japanese Proverb Human beings are as mortal as any other species that inhabit this planet. Yet humans are the only species that have a chance to be immortal. While death is an unavoidable truth for everyone who is born, the way we lead our lives Read more…
The only man who can change his mind is a man that’s got one. Edward Noyes Westcott Change is the only constant in life. Ideas that are too rigid and people who are too set in their ways fall by the wayside before long. This is especially true of the present century, whose dynamics require Read more…
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden Every day is different. It is in itself a new opportunity to both set right the previous day’s errors and build on our progress from the day before. Every sunset brings with it countless possibilities to be an even better version of ourselves. It eventually boils down to Read more…
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh Smiling is often thought of as something synonymous with – or rather, the manifestation of – happiness. In other words, we are supposed to smile when we are happy. However, such moments Read more…
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Swedish Proverb What is life without ups and downs? We all experience our fair share of highs and lows over the course of our lives. However, many people – introverts in particular – often find it hard to involve their near and dear Read more…
Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal. Friedrich Nietzsche The acronym YOLO, which stands for you live only once, has become a somewhat clichéd notion over the recent years. It is still a fashionable idea, especially among the youth, but one that very few people actually practice in the great twenty-first century rat race Read more…
Jumping to conclusions seldom leads to happy landings. Steve Siporin As humans, our instinctive response to tricky situations is to trust our senses. We form our judgments based on what our eyes see and our ears hear. We regard our senses as infallible. However, things are rarely so straightforward.
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson Setting the right goals is as critical to success as hard work and perseverance are. While there is nothing wrong with being ambitious with where we want to be in life, it is important to make sure our goals are reasonable.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein Ours is a materialistic society obsessed with numbers. In our attempt to quantify everything, we tend to forget that there is so much more to life than numbers can ever reflect.
