“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill
Sometimes, we put a lot of passion into something – a book or a movie or a product etc. and work hard for ... Views: 536
Wake up at different times each day – Someday at 9 AM, someday at 8:50 AM, and so on. Wake up after multiple snoozes and feel irritated that it’s already morning and time to rush. Complete all the must-do tasks of the day in a hurry and a tense state of mind. Eat breakfast in a hurry with no ... Views: 640
Do you remember the person who showed you kindness when you least expected it? How do you feel now when you think of that person? Heart-warming, isn’t it? A smile automatically comes on your face. And how do you feel about the instances where you were kind to others? You feel proud of your ... Views: 507
Mistakes happen in life. There is no person on this Earth who never made any mistake in their entire life. So, mistakes are common. Some are silly mistakes, and some are serious. Our mistakes in life teach us lessons and help us grow. However, we don’t need to keep on making mistakes to learn ... Views: 509
One of the toughest things in anyone’s life is breakup. It hurts when that special person is no more part of one’s life. Those conversations, text messages, and memories of the person keep haunting. Breakup is a great void and hurts badly, irrespective of the reasons why the breakup happened. ... Views: 635
Old age is an inevitable phase of life, bringing with it various challenges like health issues, mood swings, insomnia, etc. This is the time when elderly parents look for support, care, love, and in some cases, financial support from their grown-up children. It is a fair expectation from ... Views: 670
Right since we were children, we have been taught by our parents, teachers, and elders around us to be good. They taught us not to lie, to study hard, to be respectful towards others, not to fight, etc. Some of us practiced these words, and some of us ignored. In India, Lord Rama is considered ... Views: 774
Do you remember the time you were honestly appreciated? How did it feel to you? Amazing, Isn’t it? We all crave for appreciation because being appreciated fulfills us. Yet when it comes to appreciating others, very few of us do it whole-heartedly. We don’t really appreciate others as much as ... Views: 1001
Mornings are an important part of our day. But the majority of us spend this important time in a hurry or rushing. Morning times are chaotic as they are filled with urgent and important tasks. We take care of daily chores like cooking and cleaning, get ready to office, and hurriedly step out of ... Views: 383
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Whether we accept it or not, money is a life essential. Without money in hand, it is challenging to have a comfortable life. Money brings us many rich experiences of life and gives us opportunities to learn and grow. It enables us to travel. There are millions of people living ... Views: 357
Habit is an action done by us without much thinking. They are done automatically, like our second nature. It does not need any motivation or reminder to perform a habit. Our habits drive many of our thoughts, emotions, words, and actions and our life is the sum-total of our habits. Great people ... Views: 663
Student phase is one of the important phases of life. This is the stage where one learns new subjects and starts learning about the vastness of life. A student studies hard and tries to score good marks and grades in exams. There is a lot of pressure and stress that happens while preparing and ... Views: 521
All of us get only 24 hours per day. Be it the prime minister or a housewife or a student or a professional or a saint– it is the same amount of time given to all of us. The way each of us uses these 24 hours determines the quality of our life and our future. Our failure and success in life ... Views: 453
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.”– Frank A. Clark
When a task is performed by us, things might go wrong, and there could be a great scope for improvement. Feedback by others plays an essential role in helping us identify ... Views: 440
Love is a beautiful feeling, and it is one of the most powerful emotions. When a person is in love, the world around looks beautiful. Love has many forms, and the popular form of love is romantic love. So many songs, stories, and movies are themed around this form of love. When we hear the word ... Views: 468
Coronavirus pandemic has changed the work culture across the world significantly. Before Corona times, work from home was given on a case to case basis, and only a very small percentage of employees working from home. Now, work from home has become the new norm with many companies preferring it ... Views: 258
We cannot imagine our day without bathing. Bathing is part of everyday routine, and we spend a couple of minutes a day bathing. Many of us think bathing is for personal hygiene and cleanliness. But there is more to this simple everyday routine than hygiene and cleanliness.
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We cannot imagine our day without bathing. Bathing is part of everyday routine, and we spend a couple of minutes a day bathing. Many of us think bathing is for personal hygiene and cleanliness. But there is more to this simple everyday routine than hygiene and cleanliness.
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Many of us take time out of busy schedules and connect with the divine every day in various ways. We do pooja, meditation, and recharge our home and ourselves for the day. We try to follow the ancient wisdom and traditions laid out by our ancestors and rishis to improve our life. In this ... Views: 548
We are living in uncertain times with no job guarantee. We never know when we might lose a job. It could be a recession or company downsizing or a pandemic. Anything can bring job loss. Your job is something in which you invest your passion, emotions, and hard work. For some people, their job ... Views: 529
Many of us have goals in life, and the journey of achieving goals is a long journey. We cannot suddenly lose our weight in 1 week or get a seat in our dream college in a few days. Goals need time, effort, and patience. Pursuing goals is a long-term affair that can take some months or even years. ... Views: 223
Communication is an integral part of our life and plays an important role in daily living. We communicate with our family members, colleagues, friends, strangers, etc. to get things done, to express our love, to ask for something, to understand others, to get new ideas, to appreciate, to learn ... Views: 683
Thank You – This is one of the common words we keep hearing in daily life. It’s common for us to thank someone and be thanked. We say thank you to cab drivers, customer support, clients, strangers, etc. We use the words “thank you” or “thanks” frequently in day to day life, but often, we don’t ... Views: 524
Aging is part of life, and it is inevitable. All of us will have to go through old age at some or the other point in life. Old age is a challenging stage of life for many people, and it needs to be handled delicately. Many of us might be having elderly parents or in-laws or grandparents in our ... Views: 526
“God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
No matter which religion we come from, in the olden days, prayers were common in many homes. Our grandparents and parents ... Views: 492
Healthy hair enhances one’s look and appeal. All of us love healthy hair and desire it. We try to use the best hair care products and try our best to follow the tips and tricks we come across for healthy hair. Right from the time of our grandmothers, there are many home remedies and tips for ... Views: 455
We are surrounded by various relationships in our lives, like the relationship with our spouse, parents, in-laws, children, siblings, colleagues, etc. Relationships are an inevitable part of our life. They bring us joy and sometimes are painful too. No relationship can always be happy. Even the ... Views: 634
We all love being happy, and happiness is our true nature, whether we know it or not. We pursue our goals and dreams in life to be happy. Yet, many of us wait for some big thing to happen in life to be happy. We postpone our happiness, thinking we will be happy when we buy our dream home or get ... Views: 467
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” –Saint Augustine
Did you remember the time you took a vacation and went off to a tourist destination? How excited were you to taste new food varieties? What memories did you make and still cherish today? How did you feel ... Views: 279
Did you ever observe in your life that the way you receive information depends on who is speaking it and how it is expressed? A great leader could inspire you with his words, and when the same words are spoken by someone else, it does not create the same meaningful impact as created by this ... Views: 363
Skin is the largest organ of our body. We all desire a healthy, soft, fresh and glowing skin. Most of us associate skin with beauty. Beauty is only a small aspect of our skin. Skin’s role in our body is more than making us look beautiful. It plays an important role in various vital functions of ... Views: 544
Snacks – when the clock strikes 4 pm or 5 pm, many of us – from children to elders – feel the urge to eat something light and interesting like snacks. Popular snacks are tea and biscuits, deep-fried items like chips, pakoras, samosas, etc., noodles, preservative loaded snack options from ... Views: 573
Meditation is one of the most happening things across the world. We see CEOs, actors and actresses, entrepreneurs, political leaders, sports celebrities meditating and talking about its benefits. Some of the doctors, too, are recommending patients to meditate when diseases are the result of ... Views: 499
At the workplace, we will have many activities to do – Emails to check and respond, tasks to complete, meetings, tight deadlines, etc. An important factor that helps us achieve our goals in the workplace is our productivity. The more productive we are, the more we can accomplish, and less ... Views: 498
‘Life’s biggest miracle is the gift of having a life growing inside of you.’
Pregnancy is an important phase in a woman’s life. It brings the joy and excitement of welcoming a new member into the family. Every pregnant woman looks beautiful because of the light she carries inside her. It is ... Views: 423
Not all days in life will be exciting and fun. You find some days boring and depressing. Some days will be bad days with things out of our control. And on some days, you feel stressed and irritated. Life will have all such days in addition to awesome and fabulous days. Such bad days make us feel ... Views: 585
Being a parent is one of the best feelings in life. Many parents remember for a lifetime the first time they held their child in hands. Touching and holding the newborn baby is a divine feeling. Child’s birth is birth not only for the child but for the parents also because parenthood is nothing ... Views: 551
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At the workplace, we will have many activities to do – Emails to check and respond, tasks to complete, meetings, tight deadlines, etc. An important factor that helps us achieve our goals in the workplace is our productivity. The more productive we are, the more we can ... Views: 286
Marriage is a sacred relationship. It’s a commitment between two individuals to nurture and care for each other. These two individuals come from different backgrounds. They have different upbringings, diverse opinions, and tastes. Whether it’s a love or arranged marriage, these differences are ... Views: 556
We all have experienced loving others and being loved by others to some extent. But very few of us have experienced self-love. For many, the idea of loving our self seems alien and sounds like a new age philosophy. Loving oneself is not a new age philosophy. Buddha said this about self-love some ... Views: 624
A few decades back, people moved a lot physically in daily life for various activities like buying groceries, banking, household activities, etc. Maids were rare, and dishwashers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners were not affordable for everyone. There was no internet. So, people knowingly or ... Views: 557
Ghee is one of the essential ingredients of traditional Indian cooking, which adds that unique taste to the food. Our grandmothers used Ghee generously in their cooking. It was part of Indian foods like –dal, Pongal, pickles, sweets, roti, poli, paratha, idli etc. It was served on rice ... Views: 550
Do you remember the last time you sat under the cool shade of a huge tree? When was the last time you watched Sunrise? When did you last fall in love with the full moon? When did you enjoy rain like a child? Many of us struggle to find answers to these questions because we are living fast-paced ... Views: 509
When we were babies, we took our first steps and struggled to walk. In the struggle of walking, we fell down multiple times, but we did not give up, and one fine day, we walked, and eventually, we mastered this skill. We walked, we ran, we jumped when we were children. We were physically active, ... Views: 436
Smiling – It came naturally to us since we were a baby. No one taught us how to smile. When we were a baby. We just smiled for everything and anything. We even smiled during our sleep. Our smile was genuine, innocent, and people around us felt happy just by seeing our smile. We did not have any ... Views: 645
There are various laws of nature which are not man-made. These laws are given by the divine. They apply to every nation, every person irrespective of gender, age, beliefs, race, etc. They are always applicable like 1st century or 30th century. These laws of nature are beyond time and space and ... Views: 584
Knowing what you want, why you want, and taking massive action steps are the three fundamental steps in achieving goals. But sometimes, results don’t come even after doing these three steps. We all have the intention to succeed. We know what we want, why we want, and take action -whether it be ... Views: 597
Quotes are wonderful words packed in a few sentences. They impact us deeply. They are capsules of wisdom with profound thoughts. We read quotes to be motivated and inspired in life. Sometimes, a single quote is all it takes to change our life. A small quote can show us the path when we are ... Views: 278
Many of us think it’s wonderful if we can lose weight without exercising. All those diet plans which promise weight loss without exercise are popular and have a huge fan following. Can weight loss really happen just by modifying our diet? Yes. It can. When people go on extreme diets, it is ... Views: 559
Feeling sad about your life? Feeling like a loser? Frustrated about not knowing how to change your life? Are health, wealth, relationship issues troubling you? Do you wonder about the purpose of your life? All these feelings do come in life, and life seems like a puzzle. Various life events like ... Views: 364