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We all love to be positive and attract beautiful things into our life. In our modern society, positivity has become a diktat. But what do we do when life batters us badly, and we’ve nowhere to go with our pain? Read on to find out why telling ourselves or others to ‘Lighten up!’ when we’re in pain is cruel, why we need to re-learn NOT to be (always instantly) positive, and how to really reap the…

John A Passaro says “Life is like a train ride”

Sometime in 2016 was when I decided to write or rather wanted to start a blog. But being a master procrastinator, I started this blog only in 2017. However, I used to write and save it in drafts, which I believe most people do. Now is when the draft from 5 years ago goes live. Below follows.. When I recently read a book “Life is like a Journey on a Train: What is Life” by Vishnu Bharath…

When love is right, it feels like home. It’s like that feeling when you come home after a long day of work and get changed into comfy clothes, then curl up on your couch to binge your favorite television show. You are home and you are safe. You know where everything is stored and where things are held. You’re not afraid of the closet or the basement or dark spaces, because you know what’s there.…

J. K. Rowling once said, “A good first impression can work wonders.“ Making a great first impression is imperative to building great relationships and success. They are crucial. They can make or break an opportunity. It’s human nature to make a judgement about someone when you first meet them, but did you know that people can formulate an opinion about you in less than 20 seconds! We are all…

Love isn’t just a feeling

Life has been a roller-coaster for everyone over the past year. Good, bad and ugly things have happened to all but with one thing remaining constant in their life. Love. Be it the love they express for others or the love they embrace when shown to them. Am here after an year with new experiences and vivid thoughts. Reading teaches me so much and so does interacting with people. Below is one such…

Covid-19 is all over the news, no doubt this hit us by surprise and consumed us within months. So many people have died, countries lockdown, schools, offices and public places shut and put our life on hold. It is making the whole world bleed and is spreading like a forest fire.

Amidst this pandemonium, we realize the weight of mankind, the implications of our actions and know how well we all…

Art of Delayed Gratification – Marshmallow Effect

The classic Aesop’s fable about the ant and the grasshopper tells about a lazy grasshopper who spends the summer playing music, while an army of ants is busy hoarding up food for the winter. When the winter arrives, the grasshopper starves and begs for food from the ants, but they refuse.

If only the grasshopper had known to delay gratification and instead spent time planning for the winter, the…