“In three words, I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on.” - Robert Frost As time passes, life experiences find their place in our memories. With each passing day, we move on, not only from people but from things too. Things that we adorned during childhood find their place in …
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle In our everyday lives, we look for ways to redeem the time. Multitasking comes to the rescue when we are ladened with endless chores/projects/assignments. However, does our brain really equipped to multi-task? It entirely depends on the kind of …
“Right now, I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I‘ve forgotten this before.”- Steven Wright While mostly, almost all of us are living a hurried life where we hardly find time to sit and ponder about the nuances of life-same is not the situation with our storage system- mind-it is …
Have you ever captured yourself reassessing and reanalyzing the excruciating memories again and again? When overwhelming memories of unpleasant past experiences have jostled away- little do we know that we left footprints of our past! Such traces are set aside in our storage system-such as the mind. You shove and shove! However, the mind carefully …
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Guru asked his Shishya, ‘why are you not looking happy?' ‘What is there to be happy about Guruji,' asked Shishya cautiously. Guru replied by saying, ‘be happy like flowing water. Be happy for no reason.' Shishya was puzzled, yet he didn't show his ignorance at once. He asked Guruji one more question.' How can I …
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Along with the pandemic came mental health crisis. Nevertheless, how would you react if you are flashed with positivity throughout your day during grieving process?
In his book Man’s search for Meaning, Victor Frankl said “A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears towards a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the ‘why’ for his existence, and will be able to bear …
Why do we need rules? Society has a crucial role to play for what we are, what we do, and how we get what we want. We cannot do whatever we feel like, or our mind desires to-we are stopped or restricted by rules. According to Evolutionary Psychology, people today still seek those traits that …
BY Pallavi Sahu Howls, cries, heart-breaking stories, loss of loved ones, grief have taken the forefront in our lives. This pandemic has led to an existential crisis. Nowhere to go, running around anxiously, looking for some medium to save lives-human tragedy is at its peak in my country-looks like an apocalyptic level has reached. Every …
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Fireflies : Sprinkle of Tranquility 