A pill for all ills

The therapeutic value of laughter is perhaps the most undervalued commodity in the world. This is because laughter has no price and yet it is ‘priceless’. In fact we do not value this invaluable resource for we take it for granted just like the wonders that are given free by nature; sunshine, air and water. [...]

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Finding your way in life

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.  Howard Thurman Many of us meander through life with a sense of regret that we have neither achieved anything nor made our mark in this world. One reason [...]

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The value of experience

“One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune”  William Edward Hartpole Lecky Many a time, we tend to focus more on those events that have left a scar on our psyche, have given us a bitter pill to [...]

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Discovering the real YOU.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson Many of us spend a lot of time pondering over the future and going around in circles confused and fearful about our fate. We shy away from finding out answers to some fundamental questions like Who [...]

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Ideal life…

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain For ordinary mortals who flirt with every conceivable sin be it sloth, gluttony, lust and the like, Mark Twain’s observation will come as a breath of fresh air. Partly in jest but full of wisdom, Twain’s outline of an ideal [...]

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Growth begins when…

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.  Jean Vanier It is when we appreciate our weakness that we begin to focus on strengthening it. It is easy to build up on our strengths for it comes naturally to a person but it is the person who has the vision and the commitment [...]

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Change your thoughts and…

Change your thoughts and you change your world.  Norman Vincent Peale We are all reconciled to the fact that change is the one permanent thing that we are going to face daily. So it is in our interest to make friends with change so that change becomes an allay and a motivator in our lives. [...]

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Be yourself

Do not wish to be anything but what you are.  Saint Francis de Sales A unique quality of the human race is our ability to compare and contrast. There is nothing wrong with that as long as it is with a view to improve. Unfortunately, most times we end up envying others and ruing our [...]

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A good life…

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Tm. 4:7 This quote from the bible is oft quoted at a person’s burial, especially of a person much advanced in age, to signify the successful mission of the person’s life. The three parts to the statement have [...]

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Live for others

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot This is a dramatic new way to look at life. Most times we are self centered, selfish and perhaps very possessive, all in the name of making our life count. Just pause for a moment and think of [...]

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