
Just another day, another page from mother-daughter diaries: A few days back I was having a regular “to/before bed” conversation with my daughter, who was as usual raring to go with her canon of questions. From her “Why, Who, What, When, and How” kitty she pulled out a gem that set my mind on a […]

Modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its environment: a heritable physical or behavioral trait that serves a specific function and improves an organism’s fitness or survival. merriam-webster The adaption chapter in school text book used to be my favourite when I was a kid. I used […]

I cannot describe the feeling, when I come across a person who can just “airlift” me to a whole different level, just by their sheer presence or a simple candid conversation over a phone line. Some of us call it having a deep conversation, I like to call them ‘intellectually stimulating conversations’ because not only […]

“Je parle Anglais?” which translates to “I speak English” but the question here is why there is a question mark if this is a plain statement. Well, to answer that I must take a few steps back into the past when I was a newcomer to the city of Brussels and the French language was […]

“How are your eyes, Amma?”, I asked over the phone. “No Amma, we are not eating much rice these days. We have limited our diet due to health issues”, replied my mother-in-law. It wasn’t that she had not understood my question. I realised that she had merely misheard my question. I repeated the query, this […]

I was a kid when I visited Chennai. I spoke Hindi at home and English at school. The concept of learning more languages wasn’t popular till then. And even if it were, I would have never learned Tamil. My father had tight business connections with Tamilians and visited Chennai twice a month. I was a […]

“Mom I have a doubt,” said my 6 years old daughter. “What’s it dear?” I asked, to be only left stumped by her question. “Why papa loves you when your face is full of spots?”. I am not even exaggerating, those were really her words. And I don’t blame her for she is growing up […]

We are all taught from our childhood to think logically. We have the IQ that is measured on basis of our logical reasoning ability. Logic is needed to win the arguments; reasoning is needed to justify our logic. Kids who are good with logic and reasoning often get into the best schools and eventually earn […]

Recently, while cleaning my favorite coffee mug it slipped from my hand and broke. I felt bad for a while and thought it is of no use now. But after a while, the Japanese idea of mending broken objects came to my mind. Well, I don’t have gold, so I used Feviquick Gum and fixed […]

“Broken ‘but’ Beautiful” Clearly, something’s not right-looking at the 3 above words. I tend to look at a word or a phrase practically from the point of the language first, after which on dissecting it further, will I probably look at it from a different angle, and even after looking at it from both the […]
Indeed! When we are generous to others and give freely, we are the happiest! I feel very blessed in my life for all that I have received. Your article made me think of all those who have been generous to me.
Some people worry about the “return”—there is a “return”—a feeling of goodness for helping others…and that is a deep experience no one can ever take from us.
Over my lifetime people have been good to me and generous to me and I have not always been able to return their generosity in the same way. As my one friend said, “We may not always get the “return” from the same person we were generous to…but in some way, some one else may be a blessing to us.”
I think you would enjoy this very beautiful video: https://youtu.be/cZGghmwUcbQ
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Thank You for that beautiful comment. You are right in saying that it is a chain, and our generosity comes back to us in different ways, different sources. We must learn to give without any expectations, only then can we feel happy about it. As for the video, it is awesome, though I had seen it before, seeing it again was a pleasure, Thank You for sharing it, I would like to honor this comment of yours by adding this video to my post.
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go for it! Best to you!
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Thank you 😊
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HEAR, HEAR!!!!! 😀
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AYE AYE Captian, Thank You
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Excellent write up, great message and excellent video, all in all superb.
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Thank you so much Sri. Your comments are always something to cherish. 😊
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Such a moving video… Thank you for sharing with us!
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Thank you so much Amy. Glad you liked the video. It’s my pleasure dear. Do visit us again. 😊🌹
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A lovely post – being generous is important!
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Yes, so true ! Thank you so much for commenting dear. Do visit us again. 😊🌹
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Thank you for the link up dear. Visit us again. 😊🙏
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Think what kind of world we could live in if everyone followed these sentiments. Lovely. I keep hoping people will see, if they saw from anothers eyes, they might understand.
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Yes, that would be Utopia dear. Full of love and all good things. Sadly we live in a harsh reality. Thank You So Much for taking time to read and make such a beautiful comment. I hope someday people understand that there is more joy in giving than its in taking. Keep smiling always and have a happy winters. ❄️🌹❄️😊🙏
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I understand in order to appreciate and really know happiness, you also have to experience the other side as well.
I think if people sat down and talked to each other one on one, face to face, and had an open heart, a lot of misunderstandings could be overcome.
We have to appreciate tolerance, and try to understand people may not agree with certain customs and beliefs, but we have to learn to respect them, and allow them that right.
There is truly more reward in giving than taking. So far it has been a mild Winter, but it hasn’t really started yet.
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