April 17, 2013
MIND
April 16, 2013
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES
There are sometimes those moments when tragedies seem to happen all at once in different parts of the world. Despite lives lost in casualties of war (at home and abroad) on a daily basis, there are some events that take over the media’s attention due to the sheer number of casualties or non-sensical nature of – Read More –
April 15, 2013
GOOD TIME SPENT
April 14, 2013
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION
There is a Sufi story told by Rumi which goes like this: Two beggars came to the door of a house. One was immediately satisfied, and given a piece of bread. He went away. The second was kept waiting for her morsel. Why? The first beggar was not greatly liked; he was given stale bread. – Read More –
April 13, 2013
THE STONECUTTER
“When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that – Read More –
April 13, 2013
THE HOLY MAN
A friend of mine recently recommended a book to me called The Holy Man, which I purchased and devoured in a few sittings. It is a delightful and beautiful story filled with wisdom, wit and love centered around finding peace and happiness. I wanted to share the central theme of the book with this excerpt: — – Read More –
April 13, 2013
KEEP CALM
I think it’s much easier to keep one’s peace in nature (on a tranquil mountain or a beautiful sun-soaked beach) than within the chaos of city life. However, true peace remains no matter where you are. This reminds me very much of a poem I memorized in the 12th grade (many years ago!) for an – Read More –
April 12, 2013
THE FISHERMAN AND THE BUSINESSMAN
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small village. As he sat, he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The – Read More –