Let the truth prevail

Telling the truth may have often resulted in embarrassing situations, perhaps have left painful memories too and may have even triggered anger and fury completely disproportionate to the facts as revealed. Perhaps we may also sly grin at the escapades that we managed by suppressing the truth or outrightly lying. Look back dispassionately and perhaps [...]

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How to ignite the spirit of courage

“When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage” Jewish Proverb When we look around us there are times when we feel dispirited, disheartened and deflated and it just gets worse when there are many others like that around us. We are then left wondering if there is any hope for us and if [...]

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To see the valley you need to go to the edge

In order to find the edge, you must risk going over the edge. Dennis Dugan Except for those who have a morbid fascination with the taking risks and walking the tightrope daily, the overwhelming majority is risk averse and prefers to play safe.  Yet in our day to day life many a decision we take [...]

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The straight road to happiness

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things. William J. Locke When we look around and see the sheer extent of the way the malady of unhappiness has spread all over we wonder why those with ample material wealth, people who have well sheltered lives and [...]

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Self belief is the key

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt Nothing feels worse than the bitter taste of being accused of being a fool in front of people by some megalomaniacs who go out of their way to use their power and position to humiliate, insult and trample upon your ego. We do [...]

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Courage to change

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. Rollo May The critical phase in change is that inflection point when we pick up courage to follow our hearts whisper which has turned into a shout. The problem is, much as we realize with each passing day that we need to change tracks, we [...]

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Accept gracefully the reality…

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change! J.C.F. von Schiller While it is perfectly alright to attempt to improve and change, it is often quite a tough task to accept that some things can’t be changed. If we were to attempt to rewind out lives, almost all of us would want to [...]

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Why Worry ?

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish proverb The trouble with worry is that we tend to magnify it and treat them as calamities waiting to happen or disasters that have knocked the wind out of our sails. The old English phrase ‘Making a mountain of a mole hill ‘aptly describes human [...]

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Commit or perish

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides. George P. Schultz When asked a question that forces us into a corner, invariably we prefer to sidestep the issue and find refuge in a politically correct answer that leaves enough room to justify yourself later.  However this might work well [...]

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Knowing Fear

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. James A. Michener It is easy to recognize danger but well neigh impossible to segregate fear from foolhardiness. As you would be well aware attempting any exam without studying is a dangerous ploy and yet when we attempt an exam without studying  in the [...]

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