Addicted to Success

New Year Resolutions are a quaint custom, that people have stopped trusting, but still continue to follow. Social media has a ball with circulation of jokes and gentle nudges on this topic. Where did the custom originate ? Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects … Continue reading Addicted to Success

Forecast

I peeped over my daughter’s shoulder to see the ink drawing she was working on, using her fingers and a thin pen. “It is turning out well, Alice, but where have you seen these spiral lamps before?” Alice sounded worried, “These are electromagnetic coils where the turns are not supposed to touch without insulation. I … Continue reading Forecast

Borrowed Light

George quit a high-paying sales job to become a writer. His friends and family were perplexed. “What made you do that?” “It is easy to set writing goals for the year. Vision boards are complex when achievement of goals is subject to the ecosystem ….” “Everything depends on the ecosystem.” “Sure, but markets are uncertain … Continue reading Borrowed Light

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 19

Welcome to the last challenge of 2017! S.M.A.R.T The acronym had first appeared in the November, 1981 issue of Management Review by George T. Doran. SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Bound) is commonly attributed to Management By Objectives by Peter Drucker. Thank you, Mr. Doran and Mr. Drucker, for limiting human thought to the … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 19

Stark Emptiness

The sensitivity to numbness, the distrust of trust, drug-induced euphoria. Reason clashes with Emotion What is true? What is illusion? What I see and hear, or what I feel?   A shift in perception creates conceptual clarity. white noise in the mind gives equanimity.   I see you in a different light. each layer being … Continue reading Stark Emptiness

The Troublesome Princess

Princess Amanda flew into a rage, and started hurling objects at the Prince. He stood there, shocked and flabbergasted, as she accused him of things he had never dreamt of doing. Two months later, the newly-wed couple had separated, as Prince Steve could not handle her bouts of rage. How she wished she found somebody … Continue reading The Troublesome Princess

Baffled

“What is it that baffles you in the picture?” “The smug, insouciant expressions show that guns do not always instil fear.” “Only time travellers can see different shades of existence, be it me or him.”   Three Line Tales celebrates 100 weeks