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Dealing with disappointments Who hasn’t faced disappointments in life? Does it sound like the profound question at Buddha’s congregation? Well here I am concerned with our daily life issues…not the profound existential ones. All of us face disappointments regularly in life Not receiving the grades/ marks we expected in school, college Not becoming friends with […]
Work efficiency All of us, without exception love to be appreciated for our work. We crave attention for many things, but being recognised for our work stands up there at the top of our wish list. Once we receive that appreciation, we are caught up in a vicious circle of continued expectations from others as […]
Some cardinal truths of life We always get angry with others, never at ourselves We cannot drink those 8 glasses of water, we can drink only as much as our body craves We can eat everything in small quantities and those that we crave to eat a lot, only occasionally The car in front of […]
Perspective taking Recently saw a hard hitting film on interpersonal conflict in a family. All were into their own self centered little world. In my career too often I have seen the self absorbed bosses as well as subordinates clashing with each other. What was missing here? Perspective taking. It an ability to perceive a […]
Negativity Our lives are full of negativity, if we come to analyse it. Ironically we all want to be positive contented and happy, but fill our lives with negativity all the time and many among us, become negative human too. Some good examples The television news that we watch talks of nothing but negative , […]
Introspection Often, in my blog I have given introspection as an important way to mitigate our troubles generating from interpersonal problems. What is introspection? Basically it is ‘Observation of one’s own mental /emotional processes.’ Cambridge dictionary defines it as: examination of and attention to your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Why do we need to […]
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 […]