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By Sonia RicottiSometimes we get so stuck in the situations of our everyday lives, that we get blinded by the fog and forget what life is all about, why we are here, what is really important, and where we are going. At times life throws us some major curve balls that are so excruciatingly difficult [...]

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and [...]

Don’t worry if you have problems! Which is easy to say until you are in the midst of a really big one. But the only people I am aware of who don’t have troubles are gathered in little neighborhoods. Most communities have at least one. We call them cemeteries.If you’re breathing, you have difficulties. It’s [...]

I was at a party, relaxed, enjoying myself when the joke telling began: “There were three ______ who went to the …” The joke progressed. It was clearly demeaning to a group of people.The face of my close friend and colleague popped into my mind – he is a member of the group being debased. [...]

-Author unknown to me  Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,If you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don’t know something For it gives you the opportunity to learn.Be thankful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.Be thankful for your limitationsBecause they give you opportunities [...]

Just yesterday I was playing the pastime of the lonesome “Spider solitaire” with the medium level (I don’t think Easy level suits my competence). Though I must clarify that I had started playing the game with pure intention of passing the time, sooner I found myself indulged in pressing “Ctrl Z” again & again to [...]

“I am angry with you. I am feeling terribly bad today,” I complained to GOD, one day.“Why?” God asked anxiously“Never did I complain about what I did not have… I always accepted with humility whatever you gave me… I always reconciled with whatever I did not get, despite deserving it… But once in a while, [...]

More often than not, I keep belittling myself & cursing Life for all its vagaries & incongruities. Lately, I realized this self-induced digression, but there exists a large gap between self-realization, self-motivation & self-actualization (implementation). It takes a lot of effort for the conscious mind to edict the subconscious whenever I indulge in this self-depreciation [...]

Times too Often, I’ve felt myself being stopped by this unknown fear of something devastating that I’m absolutely unaware of. It stops me from stepping ahead or putting my foot down on something everytime I feel strongly about the matters around me… May be this grappling fear is fear of not being understood by others… [...]

What do we live our life for…Not for ourselves; coz then the world wd have ceased to exist… Not for others; coz then the world wd have been the best place to live in…We live for a belief…A faith… A hope… Of A future… A time which we may not even live to see; Yet we dream [...]