Life is like playing cards, we have no choice on the hand being dealt, but we are in control of putting up the best game we can. If there were 10 things to think and do that can fit into an everyday routine… what would they be….? It is an interesting question and many would have different answers and here are mine. I totally agree … Continue reading 10 Things for us to Think and Do Everyday
I had told him not to go in search of those foot prints, because I know they don’t lead anywhere…..if it did then they would have come back…but he carried on…..the point was simple, he had to find them…it is not that he cared for them, but he needed to know where they lead…. I never understood when he went searching for things….he had his … Continue reading I Followed – 365 Flash Fiction #45
The advertisement I am sharing here has about 2 million hits on you tube….. I see it going viral now on Facebook…. Many people liking it and commenting “what a great Idea….” I watched it and instead of liking it I felt so Bad…. Yes I mean so Bad…. no nothing against the company or the advertisement….. I am happy that seeing that advertisement many … Continue reading The Coca-Cola Hello Happiness Ad and why I cannot click the Like Button…
People are not spiders but they spin webs webs for the future in which they will be trapped sometime…. This web spinning is a present day balancing art… I call it ‘a dream killer’ The relentless pursuit of a future entrapment But that perception should change…… Because you cannot create a future that you want to live in, if the present you are in is … Continue reading The Spider in You; Kill It
A ‘NO’ is a very interesting thing Not many people like it… but hidden somewhere behind those letters is an opportunity… An opportunity that will only reveal once you accept that ‘NO’ wholeheartedly What happens next…? A whole new world opens up a world that was hiding behind your fear of ‘NO’ People go on war with ‘NO’ They keep it a secret… They fight … Continue reading The Life between ‘YES’ and a ‘NO’
“Do you know that the earth is all about friendship?…” Our first grader asked me the other day as I was driving him to school… Last year I used to drop our teenage daughter to her school and was abreast to the spicy teen news… but my wife took that route this year … so now I get more informed on the first graders problems… … Continue reading “Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader
We decided to visit the “Valley of Fire” on one of our days in Vegas… Of all these years coming here we had missed this place… just an hour drive from the strip… Our six year old was not very amused… he tried persuading us to revisit Excalibur and circus circus… where he says there are more small kid’s games rather than big kid’s games… … Continue reading Valley of Fire, Kids, Trust and some Random Thoughts
A few months back on a picture of my son that I posted on Facebook a friend of mine asked “Why do only children smile genuinely?” And at that time I replied saying “Probably because they don’t keep worrying about what they don’t have, can enjoy a moment and are often devoid of any fear.” But when I thought more about it I had one … Continue reading Smiles timed between clock ticks and camera clicks
There wouldn’t be many who have not seen Sir Ken Robinson talk on Education at TED… I mean on your Laptops…. it was quite viral… both his videos on TED.com and here now there is a new one… funny and thought provoking… asking us all the questions all over again… “How well do we know our kids?” “How can we help them succeed in what … Continue reading Ken Robinson – Conformity, Creativity and Education’s Death Valley
There are two routes that I can take when I daily drive back from work .. Both routes are almost equal when you take the distance…. One route 680 is about 16 miles while the other Route 880 is about 15 miles…. quite the same… even driving time is likely same as both these routes have rush during the peak evening hours But I always choose … Continue reading What Route 680 told me
Vinod Narayan 