Chew, digest & grow..
Curling up with a good book is a favourite past time ever since my childhood.
Reading stretches our soul by offering new ideas and experiences. Having acres of time to immerse ourselves in a rousing adventure story or hours to indulge in a passion for understanding a favourite subject creates a mini-vacation in a busy life.
We [...]
There are vacations – and then there are soul vacations.
A soul vacation can happen in a few minutes, a few hours, or a few days.
During my 10-day break, instead of packing my bags and heading for distant destinations, I indulged my imagination, spend some time in contemplation, and satisfy my soul with the honey sweetness of the [...]
Once upon a time the colours of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The favourite.
Green said: “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals [...]
I got this little story in my email yesterday.
A mother crab and her son went scurrying over the sand. The mother chastised her child: “Stop walking sideways! It’s much more becoming to stroll straightforward.”
And the young crab replied: “I will, Mother dear, just as soon as I see how. Show me the straight way, and [...]
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
Bitterness paralyses life; love empowers it.
Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it.
Bitterness sickens life; love heals it.
Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.
-Harry Emerson Fosdick-
Last Friday, Gallivanter asked me: “Can one hug oneself?“. My answer was YES. I told him that I hug myself all the time at yoga.
Whether you’re a total beginner or a yoga enthusiast, I’m going to share with you one simple pose that you can do before you get out of bed every morning.
All you need [...]
Here are a few things to think about that you probably have never thought about. I never did.
Why do you have to “put your two cents in”.. but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts”? Where’s that extra penny going to???
Why does a round pizza come in a square box???
If a deaf person has to [...]
Two nights ago, Keropok asked me if I wanted a hug. I told him that I want plenty of HUGS. After all, a hug is a gourmet meal.
Hugs are powerful – they can take the hurt out of a child’s scraped knee, heal a long-standing alienation, soothe a troubled soul, comfort the grieving heart, and put a [...]
I was reading the May 2003 Edition of Reader’s Digest which had an article entitled “Win Your War Against Debt.” In the middle of the article, there was a two-page advertisement for a popular anti-depressant! The irony of the placement of this ad may have not been intentional, but it conveyed a truth – [...]
We live in a noisy world. The blare of television sets, the clamour of traffic, the competing voices of people shouting for attention: all of this can combine into such a noisy racket that the simplest and sweetest melodies can be overtaken, lost.
There is perhaps no melody sweeter than silence. Silence has the ability [...]
