Posts tagged ‘Thinking Out Loud’

Let me start with a famous quotation which goes this way: “ What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve.” Or, that of Master Jedi Yoda in Star Wars : “Do , or do not. There is no try.“

These two simply mean that the ultimate secret to success is belief in one’s self…belief that you can do anything you are committed to do.

When you were kids, your dreams know no limits or boundaries. You wanted to reach for the stars, to travel around the world, to become a famous scientist, etc…but as you grew older, the sense of adventure had become vestiges of your atrophying imagination.

You should never lose that pioneering and undaunted spirit. It should always be there (the child within us), You should continue dreaming big and believing you could achieve them. If you persist long enough and never give up, then you will succeed. You only fail when you give up; as long as you keep trying, you still have not failed.

It is easier said than done, but IT CAN BE DONE!! Perception has a lot to do with this. Always see the glass as “half full” and NOT “half –empty”. You have to psyche yourself everyday that you can do whatever you intended to do. It is a continuous process – a challenge that you have to conquer. Believe you can, and YOU CAN!!!

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Monologue Theatre

I am a sentimental person. I cry when I feel sad and frustrated. I cry when I am extremely happy, and I even cry just watching those tragic soap operas on TV.

When a woman cries, people say it’s natural; that women are expected to cry. People don’t see anything wrong when a woman cries.

But when a man cries, there are several notions about this. We often hear a mother say to her child ” Don’t cry , you’re a big man now,” implying to the child that big men don’t cry;
or worst, we often hear young boys taunting each other – ” You’re a sissy, you’re crying.”

It is observed that men cry less often than women. This maybe because women are more emotional than men, or is it because people expect men to be less lachrymose and they have to live up to that image?

As for me, I believe that crying in a man, denotes just the opposite – that he is strong enough and sure of his manhood that is why he is confident to show to the world that he can feel; that he has emotions and that – he is human!

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What about you?

If you are a man, why do you not cry often? or do you cry but you don’t want to show the people around you? Why not?

If you are a woman, what are your thoughts about men who cry?

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“It is often said that death comes like a thief in the night.” How true! Just this month a co-worker who was seemingly healthy went to bed and never woke up.
(May he rest in peace). The doctor said it was myocardial infarction….
and I was just talking to him the day before!

He talked about his plans to visit his daughter abroad after he retires, and to spend some time with his grandkids. He even talked about buying a bigger house in the outskirts of the city.

This has kept me wondering – I have my plans too. Up to what extent would I be able to live and implement these plans? I have no idea! – and NO ONE KNOWS but God.

I believe death is predetermined; that when it is my time to die, I cannot escape the scythe of death no matter what I do.

And I would certainly act differently, if I have had any inkling of the day of my demise.

And again: ” Is there life after death?” A profound question, which I would not attempt to answer, as it requires sufficient knowledge and data to be able to do so (which I don’t possess).

Let me focus on the question:

“WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE, HAD I KNOWN THE DAY OF MY DEATH?”

Perhaps, I would have forgiven everyone who had done me wrong.
Visited each of my relatives and told them how much I love them.
Doled out those “excess” material things to people who needed them more.
Shared more of my time and knowledge with whoever is interested.
Have gone skydiving – I had always wanted to feel how it is like to “fly”.

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Danced and bathed in the rain.
Toured the hills where the Sound of Music had been filmed.
Wrote that novel I had always wanted to write.

and….many more….

if I knew the day…perhaps… but I don’t.