Most of us are blessed with the qualities of compassion, love and empathy, and we are often able to relate to and feel the emotions of those around us. Quite frankly, compassion is a gift- but a lot of us fail to exercise it where we need it the most-…
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I’m of the opinion that when we are ready to learn some lessons, things come our way to affirm this learning. As the saying goes, ‘When the student is ready, the Master appears.’ This year, as I’ve shared, is my year of Metta. A year in which I will focus…
As winter (as we know it in South India!) begins to set in, and the days start to get shorter, darkness comes sooner. By 6 pm, it’s almost completely dark. I’ve been reflecting on the word ‘light’ through the year, and the fading of the light made me think of…
He realizes that he’s being followed by the police and he tenses. Pulling his car to the side of the road, he rolls down the window. A policeman approaches. He begins to mutter, “I know that I was speeding. I know I was going to fast.” “Yes, Sir. Why were…
The other day I attended a training programme after quite a while. I’ve been internalizing some of the learning and thinking about a lot of things. One of the questions we were asked started with, “If you had the perfect childhood….” And I wondered, is there such a thing as…
Just yesterday someone acted in a way that set off certain triggers from the past and caused me to question my behaviour. Triggers From The Past Sometime ago, José (my husband) was teasing me about something I asked him to do and called me a ‘bully’. At first I pretended…