All Entries Tagged With: "Love"

If everyone wanted to move on after the fun and games, who would be around for each other in moments of agony and pain? Is that why so many youngsters were lost and depressed in the downturn? And many even contemplated taking their lives?

Why does she feel the need to dominate our relationship? Why does she hold on emotionally to her son instead of allowing him to evolve into a mature and self-realized man and husband? Why should I be expected to prove myself to her? Surely my obvious respect and devotion to the family should be the measure of my worth as a daughter-in-law and wife? Why must so much of my time and energy be focused on my mother-in-law and not my son and husband?

Life is all about choices.
I came to realise.
I also came to realise that my main choice in life has been to walk.

WARNING: if you’re a hopeless romantic, searching for Prince Charming or Miss Marvelous, you better leave now. Because I’m about steamroll any Disney-drenched happily-ever-after scenario

Sparkle Determination ripples out. Your appearance tells the world how to treat you. When you take care of yourself, life tends to pitch in. When you aim to shine, life pays proper attention to you – and that includes your lover boy (or girl.)

Why am I talking about love in the context of business? And no, I don’t mean a passionate office romance. I’m talking about the fact that loving my clients has been a key to success in my business

When the words seem frozen, And the opportunities seem chosen, The melodies from life seem stolen, And the morality of people seems fallen…. But when I look into your eyes Dear I see the world is still Shining. When the compassion in people seems dried, And their judgments seem all tried. When the lips of [...]

One fine Sunday morning, I was sipping my tea as usual and enjoying the newspaper when my dear friend happened to drop by for a visit. We talked about college days, those good old days when people looked at our figures and said, “WOW!” Today today when they look at us they say, “HOW?” We [...]

Radha and Krishna, Romeo and Juliet, Laila and Majnu, Heer and Ranjha, Shree and Farhad — these couples did not or could not marry and yet they were all popular and inspirational through the centuries. Some are actually worshipped today.

They say you are a fool. I say, “I know.” They say stay focused. I say, “I am.” They say then don’t veer off your path. I say, “I don’t.” They say don’t play games. I walk away. Every day brings with it a new dream, a new path, a new goal. Then why not [...]

We crave it. We die for it. We try to pay for it. We aspire, we mire, we miss the mark. In the unending, coiling, incessant pursuit of being right and good enough to find love and get love and give love, we forget about the very nature of love itself. Love gets buried beneath [...]

Whenever the 3 of Swords appears in someone’s tarot reading I wince. The card of heartbreak, sorrow and betrayal symbolizes deep emotional pain in the querent’s life in the past, present or future, depending on where it turns up in the spread. And as all of us know, pain is hard enough to experience but [...]

Thanks for giving me joys and smiles, Thanks for being with me through hard times, Believe me! You are everything to me; Me, my heaven and my smiles! I can’t imagine a life without you! My life’s rainbow is pale without you You are my strength, my wings, my air! This little bird is flying [...]

Have you ever wondered how certain couples were able to stay together for many years? What are they doing right? What are the factors that contribute to the success of healthy, long term relationships? There are a few fundamental components that will improve your chances of having a successful relationship. These include: Fighting Fairly; Healthy [...]

“The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as a stepping stone to divine or universal love.” ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi~ Simply stated, traditional marriage is grounded in a legal association between a male and female who agree to [...]

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from a wound. He said he was in a hurry, as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour [...]

With the memory of another Valentine’s Day months behind us, this is a good time to consider the possible effects that romance novels may be having on our perceptions of reality as women. A romance novel is a literary genre rooted in the western culture of English-speaking countries. These novels place their primary focus on [...]

Life has a way of entering our lives before we have any say. We are conceived and put out to pasture and once out there what else can we do but say “yes”. The first few days and years we have no recollection of but from what we can see from the miracle of life [...]

In a given situation, we all don’t think alike. Since childhood, our unique experiences, environments and relationships make us behave differently. Sometimes, it is quite difficult to interpret our actions and conclude if we are right or wrong. One of my professors had an interesting interpretation that is easy to understand and effective to improve [...]

Love! A thousand thoughts and a million words are available for this one single concept of our lively world. This shows how much it matters to us. We might have multifarious definitions but everybody can perceive clearly when he or she feels it. We might have different approaches to it but we all are touched [...]

Every year in February endless gifts are offered on discount. An ideal gift should be innovative. Here is a list of thoughtful gifts that will bring your partner a unique experience: • In today’s world, driving is a fundamental skill that provides independence and ease of commutation. If your partner doesn’t drive gift to her a [...]

My favorite day of the year has always been Valentine’s Day. It didn’t matter if I was alone on that day or not, I still adored it. Valentine’s day for me is a celebration of love, love in its many forms, romantic love between a man and a woman, the never-ending love of family and [...]

My daughter is 16, and on Cloud Nine because Valentine’s is around the corner. Ever since she turned 10, Radhika has been collecting gifts, cards and sweet nothings that fill the air around the 14th of February. According to her, the generation gap is a convenient excuse to say “NO” to just about anything she [...]

Just about to turn thirty, I was given a rare opportunity to have a private audience with His Holiness The Dalai Lama. “Hey kid,” my boss said on the other end of the phone, “I think I’ve got us a meeting with the Dalai Lama – at his place in India. You in?” I had [...]

After a thousand years of darkness – Let’s spread the light Light of joy, laughter and happiness, Let’s end this dark night It’s time to walk in the sun rays – To be bright and have an upward glide To strive for new horizons and new ways, To feel the liberty and pride After a [...]

During every mock interview I do with a student or graduate I ask the question, “Who is your role model and why?” At least 95% of the respondents say “My mother.” It is like a contest, knowing the student if I think they will or won’t choose their mom, granted my odds are pretty good [...]

Think that’s a strange concept?  Think you’re exempt?  Have you ever heard of “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also?”  Your treasure is what you concentrate most of your daily thoughts on.  Are you engrossed in repeated, driving thoughts of any of the following: making money, being successful and popular, food, pornography, [...]