aving a sense of humor is very important for long life; that is what I have heard. But I do now a lot of funny people who dies young and grumpy fellows who lived long enough to see their generation go away. So it cant be true for all. But I guess the point is if you have a good laugh you will feel good. … Continue reading Humor is not a Tiger that you should fear to embrace
What makes a person lie, have you ever thought. Whenever I have tried asking that question, the only reasonable answer I find is fear. Fear that one might loose something or fear that one might be subjected to ridicule or even fear that the truth might be too harsh for the other to bear. Fear leads to lies even among the virtuous We are … Continue reading In the truth does not lie your lies, but in your lies you can hide a whole truth
We always thought we were wired just perfect, till we see our kids grow up and then we wonder if the correct wiring is in their heads or ours. This is in another way called the generation gap. And the sad part of generation gap is that there is hardly anything we can learn from how we played it with our parents, because we … Continue reading Generation gap is a game; first half you play for one side and second half you play for the other
When the world often runs towards positions of importance and power, there is a significant amount of folks who search for positions that are exactly opposite. Success has been always measured by wealth, power and importance and so in a world where moving towards success is the goal; these people kind of run back. There is certain romanticism in being unimportant, you ask a celebrity … Continue reading Romance with your unimportance; you could become free
Someone once told me that at times I leave my characteristics and start talking like someone else. What the person meant was I change my mannerisms to that of the person who is the center of attraction in a crowd. This was something I knew before but never thought of taking a deeper look at it, until I was told this on the face. My … Continue reading When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other
Field trips are great fun as a kid and I often see the excitement in our 12 year old when she has one. It might be a trip to the same museum we have gone before, but for kids it is a major event that they start planning well ahead. Today as I took my morning commute a whole class of second graders got … Continue reading In life there are lot of trips we take and then there is the field trip we took as kids
If you are in london ever do these things; you will love it. Spend weekends at the banks of Thames drinking beer and going through the several street vendors selling second hand books. The historic town will carry you away into the past and you will become part of what happened there centuries ago. Watch a Shakespeare play in the globe theatre and when you … Continue reading When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London
I have nothing much to say today and so I thought I will write a poem and here you go.. I have nothing to say today Seems all have been told Not by me, but someone else before me For my mind is silent and relaxed today I sometimes wonder why I should write Though I can still sound them out What difference does it … Continue reading Always be a poet, Even in prose
A while back I had done a Facebook status update that read something like “Man lives his life by creating complex solutions to life’s simple problems”. I was reading an interesting comment in a book “Men are reluctant to accept what they can easily grasp”. People think they are less challenged if they only go with the simple things in life. Somewhere within us is … Continue reading The simplest things are often the truest
Communication is the most powerful tool taught in business and life. A few weeks ago when I took my 4 year old to the doctor, the doctor said that we should teach him more than one language and that helps in IQ. It was interesting to look back and see how I connected with the English language, the one I now mostly use. As a … Continue reading You are not born with a dictionary in your head; but a few thoughts lined up in your heart
Vinod Narayan 