260. Life Without Strife?

- Sujit Mukerji

 Why put our mind on strain;

Thinking only of agony and pain?

There is indeed so much to gain;

So, life’s not at all in vain …

There’s the side that’s bright,

That can give our heart the eternal light;

And, our life that fresh start!

Yes! We have got it right –

Beautiful hopes are standing near;

We needn’t go dull with fear …

Hope is life, my dear:

So, why should there be any tear?

No one gets everything;

Everyone gets something …

Life’s not for nothing;

It’s just a question of time …

We must take in our stride

That from which we can’t hide …

They must not so affect our hide;

What is life without any strife?

259. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

258. Light is the shadow of God. Wherever there is light, there is shadow.

Mahatma Gandhi

257. Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

256. The matter is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having a problem is a problem.

Theodore Rubin

255. There is always a way of doing things. And, of course, the timing is absolutely important. All that goes for our thinking as well. After all, our actions are governed by, if we remember, our instincts, then emotions and then reasoning. The final step is spiritualism, if any. So, in our day-to-day life the way we think is all that matters. The developments and the results show whether we are or were in the right tack.

- Sujit Mukerji

254. All around us we see people showing signs of some or the other kind of complex. Where does it begin? During childhood, of course. Every coin has two sides. Likewise, every person has two sides to his character – a positive and a negative side. Wouldn’t it be a balanced approach if the growing child is made aware of both the sides of its character? But we often notice a lopsided approach. Even various explanations are given in justification! Obviously, an imbalanced treatment can only result in the growth of an imbalanced personality. Hence the complexes. The kid falls prey to complexes which manifest themselves in various ways later and are always impediments to its healthy growth. Again, a child is asked to be positive but in a negative way. The thrust is more on the don’ts than the do’s.

- Sujit Mukerji

253. COMPULSION, SELF-CONTROL OR GENUINELY SO?

- daughter, Josheca Mukerji

We often hear that people change in others’ company. But, is it so? Is it really so easy to change a person against his/her will? Outwardly maybe, but inwardly? Will it be wrong to say that an average person exhibits the qualities that are within him/her as per the situation? We know that family is by chance and friends are by choice and we also know that a man is known by the company he keeps because he chooses such a company according to his own tastes. In other words, there are certain similarities, otherwise why would he choose the company at all? Of course, one can save oneself from going into unhealthy ways by avoiding such environments and/or exercising a strong will power.

252. Sports do not bind character. They reveal it.

Heywood Broun.

251. Pessimist: A person who says that ‘o’ is the last letter of ‘zero’ instead of the first letter of ‘opportunity’.