Category: epiphany

  • Demolishing the firewall.

    Demolishing The Firewall For a longtime I felt I was dealing with anger, one day it occurred that I was in the wrong war. That is anger was not the issue resentment was. Resentment is a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistant ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult or injury. When anger…

  • WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness.

    WEEDS—Messengers from the wilderness. I was busy telling Sundari to weed the garden, it was then that I saw the tiny violet flowers with deep purple centres; these were the weeds of monsoon. It was so beautiful that I asked Sundari to leave it, she told me, that it would eat into the fertilizer of…

  • Creating the ground of our story

    Creating the ground for our story. Each day as I kneaded the dough to make roti’s I realized i played out a scene an alteration with some family member or the other, the inspiration would be the same, the storyline similar the dialogue would just vary, the outcome would be I am angry and I…

  • What is Your Story?

    What is your story The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.—James M.Barrie Listening to my patients and tobacco addicts I realized we all…

  • An Inner Choice

    An inner choice – peace. “Please write out  what is that is not going the way it should in your life” was what introduction to the forum leader Hemant told us. Each one of us had something written down. He then asked us to enquire with us why was not it the way it should…

  • Feeling Our Words

    Feeling our words, ಆಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ನೀಚ ಬುದ್ದಿಯ ಬಿಡು ನಾಲಿಗೆ ವಿಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದ ಪರರನಿ ನಿಂದಿಸಲು ಚಾಚಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ನಾಲಿಗೆ. The opening lines of Puranadara daasa a kannada poet, that roughly translates, to characterless tongue, mind yourself, don’t move function to mindlessly hurt others. At the toastmasters one exercise that we have is the way we use the words, and…