One of my friends commented that he never contacted me on google chat as he’d see I seemed to be perpetually busy downloading something or the other as per my status message. I asked him to read my full status message. It was… downloading air one breath at a time
We must note that there is a thin but important line between having apathy and indifference feeling ‘we have to die anyway’, and understanding death and knowing about the real value for life. This post hopes to be in the latter realm! The whole root cause of all the misery we associate with death is…
There is a story I vaguely recall from one of Alfred Hitchcock‘s collections… this is a murderously summarised version of an excellent murder story… but I can’t remember the reference to the original as I’d read it probably more than a decade ago. —— There was a guy who really hated his boss, having lots…
Though I’ve somehow gone off track in writing, this is a long pending post. This is about a drawing that a reader mailed me – yes an actual tangible drawing on paper and not a digital version – how cool is that! She said she was inspired by smile cards idea and definitely makes me…
Well this is the first one that I’m following up on… as in general I’m not all that enthusiastic about tags. But since I was here in Poona with net access, somehow managed to not procrastinate this one. Srikanth: back bencher’s forgettable corner tagged me with this… Q1. Are you happy/ satisfied with your blog,…
Though its hard to say because each one is so nice, this has got to be one of my most favorite mails ever from the colorful thoughts of Eknath Easwaran (anyone can subscribe online): —- Do not you believe that there is in us a depth so profound as to be hidden even to the…
Thanks to those who shared this amazing video online, I’d bookmarked it to post it here and am making a quick post as I came across the link again today…
Thanks a ton – to everyone – who suggested names for my son! Well that almost sounded like poetry, but I guess Robert Frost dosen’t really have to worry about competition That everything is changing – that “The only thing constant is change” – is a well known but most easily forgotten fact. The most…
repeat { randomlyWaveKickSmileOrSleep(); if (hasNeeds) { cry(); if (timeOutExpired or wantToScareTheCrapOutOfParents) blowTheRoofOff(); } } —– A Master said about Zen… “When hungry eat, when tired sleep.†My personal Zen master – my son – has a long list to add to that phrase! 😆
Where is this temple? One can travel to Belur, but another is also within oneself 😎
