THE HERO WHO FED TEN MILLION
Eight year old Anju stood next to the wheat field, somewhere on the National Highway 1, in the State of Haryana, India. Alone. She was afraid. Very afraid; and hungry. Miles from home. As the […]
PURPOSE
LIFE’S PURPOSE-FINAL
The last in my series on Life’s Purpose. Let me first share some results of latest studies Compared since 1970s, increasing number of university students now profess their purpose to be only to earn money. […]
THE WRITER’S OATH
Writing is lonely. As you’re left to yourself, there is a glitter of hope in you that something spectacular will emerge. It does sometimes. It doesn’t sometimes. After months of creating something wonderful, there is […]
LIFE’S PURPOSE: THREE
The Amygdala is one of the oldest parts of the brain. Millions of years old because it is found in reptiles also. It seeks to protect us from threats and triggers defensive responses. In experiments […]
LIFE’S PURPOSE: TWO
A very helpful way to discovering life’s purpose is what positive psychologists refer to as the Tombstone Test( courtesy Vic Strecher, Univ of Michigan, USA). If I were to ask myself what I would like […]
LIFE’S PURPOSE
Victor Frankl was a doctor in three concentration camps with the Nazis. He saw that even in those adverse conditions, Jews who had a purpose to their lives were able to survive. Such is the […]
