My Reflections , My insights

  Getting the World Right                A man was reading a newspaper on a Sunday morning. He was leisurely sitting beside the window where the sunlight was coming making him enjoy the experience. He was so engrossed that he could not pay attention to his little daughter, who insisted on him playing along with her.                As he was in the middle of paper reading and wanted to complete it. Still, at the same time, his daughter insisted on playing. To buy some time, he saw a newspaper ad with a world map of a courier company. He tore the paper into several pieces and told his daughter to arrange and solve that jigsaw puzzle.                He thought he got enough time now to finish his paper, but within 10 minutes, his daughter solved the puzzle and insisted him...

  When the Wind Blows, I Sleep                A farmer was looking for a helper for his farm.   He was not getting a proper person for farming as farming in that area was challenging. It used to flood; the Wind blows heavily, the storm comes, so they end up doing a lot of work to wrap up the destructions caused by the storm.                One day a boy came offered himself for the same job to the Farmer. The Farmer was inquisitive & puzzled, as he had been searching for the person for such a long time, and this boy came voluntarily and offered to do the job. He explained to him the work and warned him that this would be challenging for him; as he is a boy, it would be difficult to do this job. But he insisted on having the job. The Farmer gave him the job. He was very hardworking, laborious, and used to workday and night.  ...

  Who’s Packing your Parachute   Charles Plumb was a US Navy Jet Pilot in Vietnam. After several combat missions, one day, his plane was destroyed by a Surface to air missile. Plumb Ejected and parachuted in the enemy's hands, and after six years of captivity, he was released. He shared his experiences. “…. I was a Fighter Pilot, and he was just a sailor.”                One day When Plumb and his was sitting in a restaurant, a man came to their table and said, “You ‘re Plumb, whose aircraft Kitty Hawk was shot down. “                “How on the earth do you know this?” Asked Plumb “I packed your parachute.” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked !!!”. Plumb assured him, “It sure did; if your chute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”    ...

  Big and Small   Ramayana Stories have such deep insight, sharing one of the insights below. From the incident, the Monkeys were making the bridge over sea to go to Lanka to fight with Ravana. Rama asked his army to build the bridge over the sea. Monkeys pulled the rocks and stones from mountains and started making the bridge. It was a tedious and challenging task; thousands of monkeys were on the job. Rama was blissful seeing the effort and love for him which made them do this.                One day Rama saw little Squirrel carrying small pebbles in her mouth and dropping it onto the sea. As Monkeys were holding big stones, little Squirrel was dragging small pebbles and dropping them onto the sea, little Squirrel was coming in between the path, and monkeys had to take care so that they didn’t step on the little Squirrel. One of Monkey shouted in his booming voice,” hey little thing, you are coming o...

  Four Pillars - 4Ts (Time, Talk, Trust & Touch)   The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with prestigious awards and have loads of money!!   They are around us, our family, friends, colleagues!!!   Cherish their crucial relationship!!   Hold Them Tight.   Relationships are machines that can break down and need maintenance. So, we need to take good care of the Same.                Some time ago, in a usual evening, I was relaxing on a cosy sofa, in my drawing-room, with yellow lights from chandelier making patterns on the walls, enriching the ambience around me.   There was murmuring on the TV, I was checking my WhatsApp feed, and suddenly one ghost type image covered me, don't worry she was my wife, (and BTW she is pretty J as an angel ), she was standing nearby me, without being noticed by me.   She skeptically made eye contact with me....