Tag: life lessons
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Three important life lessons from an 84-year-young
“Leena, are you an artist?” He often asks me. “I craft stories… I write,” is my answer every time. “Ah, that’s right, you told me that.” I never get bored of his repeated questions. Our 84-year-young brother Mohan is a delight. He’s been in carpentry for over 50 years and is still active with our…
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We are science believers, we don’t believe in God
The month of November, one cool-weather day. I was looking at the comments on my last Facebook post where I asked my followers ‘what is your experience with God?’. Many people came forward to share their thoughts, some had happy feelings to share while some denied the existence of God and called Him fake, fiction,…
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15 powerful lessons my mom learned in her life
My mom has turned 60. I feel like she is becoming stronger and better both physically and emotionally every passing year. She’s self-dependent and is one of the smartest and wisest women in the world. She was born and raised in a remote village (Gorkha) in Nepal. She finds herself lucky that she was among…
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What’s the hardest truth of life?
Your journey of life is purely individual. No matter how privileged your life is, no matter how kind your family and relatives are, no matter how happy you are in your relationships, you are supposed to deal with your karmic accounts alone. I have seen a mother suffering helplessly seeing her infant’s battle with a…
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The pool of life doesn’t come with inflatable floats
I fear water. Even a slight imagination of a deepwater site doubles my heartbeat. As a kid, I was drowned in a canal or stream a couple of times, mom says. I have a vague memory of one of those incidents. I escaped death in both cases. I am glad I came out alive to write…
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Six important life lessons I learned while driving on California freeways
We all have learned some important life lessons while behind the wheel! In the last three weeks, I drove more than I did in two years in California. Long commutes to meetings and visits were tiring, but I enjoyed them most of the time. And no… I am not a car lover or a petrolhead. …
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Five life lessons you’ve learned while enjoying your road trips
“People don’t take trips; trips take people.” We all are fond of road trips. For all those moments we’ve spent with close friends, family, and at times, ourselves. While road trips are fun, we’ve learned some of the biggest life lessons behind the wheel. #1 Journey is more beautiful than the destination The stories we…