The art of Knowing…
The art of ......is knowing what to ignore (Rumi) Rumi on the art of
The Sky Gets Dark Slowly… handle old age gracefully
Prepare for and welcome old age gracefully ! Old age will come to all. Hence hereunder is a very nice read not only for people with or approaching old age but for all. Getting old is a reality that we need to embrace and prepare for . Worth a careful read, certainly. ----------- *The Sky Gets Dark, Slowly* Mao Dun literary prize winner Zhou Daxin’s latest novel to be published, “The Sky Gets Dark, Slowly”, is a sensitive exploration of old age and the complex, hidden emotional worlds of the elderly in a rapidly ageing population. In it he writes,…
Jindagi….
कुछ इस तरह से उस फ़कीर ने ज़िन्दगी की मिसाल दी... इक मिट्टी धूल ली .. और हवा में उछाल दी.... (somewhat like this, that Faqir told me what life (he) took a fistful of sand and threw it up in the )
Life – lessons from the sea
The Sea is same for all but some find pearls, some find fishes and some just find their feet wet ! Life is common for all, but we can only get what we try Try to more fun then the known ! सागर सभी के लिए समान है लेकिन कुछ को मोती मिलते हैं, कुछ को मछलियाँ और कुछ सिर्फ़ अपने पैर गीले कर पाते हैं ! जीवन सभी के लिए आम है, लेकिन हम केवल वही प्राप्त कर सकते हैं जिसकी हम कोशिश करते हैं .. नये तजुर्बे ढूंडे - यही ज़िंदगी का मज़ा है ! ਸਮੁੰਡੇਰ ਸਾਰੇ ਲਈ…
Bruce Lee playing Table Tennis..
Bruce Lee Playing Table Tennis Really ? Got a video awhile ago. The one and only Bruce Lee playing Table Tennis with his it is : And on the Youtube at : ( many similar floating ) That got me interested - maybe something to do with there was a time I was trying to twirl some nanuchucks myself :-) I thought the video was pretty Ah well, turns out like many other stuff, it was NOT "real" . Hate to disappoint all you Bruce Lee fans- including myself ! From : It’s not real. The video, which has…
Regrets on a deathbed
Regrets on a deathbed Pretty sure he didn't have any ! Well, I think there is an opportunity in everything ......my friend Jobs said " Death is very likely the single best invention of Life." Wonder what he was thinking ? ! Coming back, Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called 'The Top Five Regrets of…
Thoughts on Death
‘There was a door to which I found no key, There was a veil beyond which I could not see; Talk awhile of thee and me there was, Then no more of thee -or me.’” and more : “‘Into this world and why not knowing, And like water willy -nilly flowing … ( Omar Khayyam ) Death. A fact of life. Yet one talked about in hushed, frightened tones. Something which happens to others. And we mourn the dead- knowing fully well that by that time it'd not make a twit of difference to them ! We also mourn…
Only two ways
There are only two ways to live your Only two Know any more ? Share in !
What makes a good life, really ?
What makes a Good Life ?Lessons from the longest study on happiness Taken from : and watched more than 8 million times ! Some people DO seek happiness ! What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills…
Calling fellow travellers !
Fellow travellers, all ! The fact of the matter is that this world is not our home. We are travellers, passing through. We came from our previous life, and in a few years, or a few days, we shall move on to our next life. We entered this world empty-handed and alone, and we shall leave empty-handed and alone. Everything we have accumulated in this life, including our very body, will be left behind. All that we can take with us from one life to the next are the imprints of the positive and negative actions we have created.…