I have learnt from life that the phoenix does not rise from ashes. It is a new being, with a new perspective. The soil is a springboard for life to emerge. The soil and manure remain unseen, invisible, unappreciated, but nevertheless, are a part of the existence of leaves and flowers. They manifest life in … Continue reading Ephemeral
Beauty spills out from my psyche into dreams bathes me in a glow the absence of it alarms showing a void within Weekly Tanka Prompt Challenge #66
The patient was upset with the psychologist, “This is the tenth session, and I do not see any difference.” “Check the notes that we have both taken. You have discovered several hidden parts of your psyche that drive your behavior.” “I have made conscious efforts to correct the perspectives. Yet, the problem persists.” “As I … Continue reading Vicious Circles
Stay humble for the world will not let you believe otherwise Stay humble for others will hold up impossible benchmarks they have failed to attain. Stay humble for sycophancy helps and opens doors of opportunity to easy success. Stay humble for your ability will be misconstrued as arrogance by those who … Continue reading Humility
Take any one belief of yours that has ruled your life, and examine it from the following aspects.
1 Is it true?
2 Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
3 How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
4 Who would you be without that thought?
SERVICE BEFORE SELF
By Neel Anil Panicker
“Dear friends and colleagues,
I welcome you all to the Annual Board Meeting cum Party of Coaching Time.
Like last year and the previous three years before that, this year too Coaching Time has emerged as the number one coaching institute in the whole of Delhi region. But unlike previous years’ successes this year’s results have been slightly different. Well, before naysayers think otherwise, this year the results have been phenomenal as for the first time in the 25 years since this organization was founded, the Delhi region has outbeaten all other…
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I have used a synonym for 'ghost'. Fear pushes deeper into slippery quicksands unseen spectres, haunted minds Frozen Colleen's Weekly Poetry Contest
“There is no reason to return home.” “You are depressed. Find a therapist after you land.” “No. I don’t want to live …..” “You are on the borderline. Something could still lift you up there.” SPLASH! He had jumped in the water. Then, the same figure was signalling for a lifeboat to be thrown his … Continue reading Borderline
“WOOOOOW! There is someone in deep meditation inside. Wonder for how many years ….” “This place is built as a tourist attraction. People are paid to sit there for a day.” (140 characters)
Hope is so inextricably linked to trust in a higher being in an imagined future in capability and in continuity. Trust is only a mindset based on experience and beliefs fragility makes it so valuable and desirable. Happiness a synonym for Hope and Trust. (44 words) Quadrille #42
Imagination Is fresh air for the mind plant responsibly Weekly Haiku-Senryu Poetry Challenge =10
