2019
Self-centeredness It’s a more polite word for selfishness maybe. Google comes up with this as its meaning : Concerned only with oneself: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-involved, selfish, self-seeking, self-serving. Idiom: wrapped up in oneself. I would like to add Narcissistic too, since they have self centeredness as a major personality trait among others. This behaviour is something […]
How to find happiness We humans relish sadness! We find something wrong all through the day, every day of the year. We whine and crib at every turn. It is hard to answer the question ‘are you happy?’ Asked to give examples of what makes us happy too is fraught with doubts. We really have […]
Love Love is the most elusive phenomena in our life. There are uncountable writings on love in the form of poetry, stories, sayings, epics, songs, films and drama! All of us want it, and very few, if any, get it. Why? It has got to do with another person! If there is no reciprocation… then […]
Gratitude We are often told to be grateful for the kindnesses we receive from others. Especially we are urged to be grateful to God for this life! It is simpler to be grateful or not grateful to God. God does not respond to us directly. We pray every day, we ignore, it is all the […]
Respect There are two dimensions to it; demanding respect and commanding respect. Proportion of people demanding respect outweighs those commanding it. That is obvious. Everybody wants to be respected. That’s critical for optimum self esteem. But we all live in a world where there is scant respect for one another. It is hard to get […]
Blame game I think most of us humans blame someone or something in our life for all the adversities we face. Surely it is the easiest thing to do to safeguard our self esteem. Freud was very right when he coined the ‘defense mechanisms’ to explain many human failings in times of stress and trauma. […]
The difficulty of parenting Most of us middle class parents assume that we are good parents, since we are doing all that is feasible for our children. In fact, many among us go out of the way to accommodate the needs of our children. What are these needs? Good clean home Tasty healthy food Medical […]
Where have all the geniuses gone? The human intelligence is slowly but surely depleting…that’s the feeling I get…or, are there some other reasons for not seeing what we had millennia ago. Let us think about the treasures that we have found across the world. We have diligently stored them, displayed them in museums …art, sculptures, […]
The power of silence Human beings have a strong urge to talk. We like telling others things that we think are important. We like advising. We like describing things. We like complaining, explaining and in general letting others know what is happening in our lives. But there comes a time in life when nobody wants […]