I am writing after a rather long hiatus, and this is because I am hard at work on my second book, Thrive! A Love Story with Life. In it, in the chapter Compassion, is an essay titled Love is not Fear. What about love’s close partner ‘respect’? Can respect exist where there is fear? At this time last [...]
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Respect, don’t Fear
Posted in creativity, inspiration, learning, life lessons, love, music, psychology, relationships, spirituality, tagged fear, love is not fear, respect, respect not fear on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Note on Love
Posted in creativity, inspiration, love, relationships, spirituality, tagged creativity, Love, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on February 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Love. The theme all around us this past month, popularized by Hallmark via Valentine’s Day. The subject of most books, plays and films from time immemorial. Yet, love continues to intrigue us, confuse us, elude us, and overpower us … and by thus being relegated to the domain of emotional life, it remains the most [...]
The art of receiving
Posted in creativity, life lessons, love, relationships, spirituality, tagged Giving, Gratitude, receiving love, the art of receiving, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on September 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] Much has been said about the “art of giving” and its many virtues. But over the course of a couple of years, I’ve had insights about the “art of receiving,” which have significantly transformed my worldview, interactions and relationships. Terms such as “give [...]
Time and Money
Posted in childhood memories, life lessons, relationships, tagged Money, Time, Time and Money, What is Time on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I was little, I often heard my father say, “Remember, time is money.” So the idea that my time is supremely valuable, was planted as a core value rather early in life. The superimposition of “don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish” meant that I also learned that spending time on minutiae doesn’t help to “save” [...]
Closing doors … to open doors
Posted in business, career, creativity, entrepreneurship, life lessons, relationships, tagged career paths, closing doors, creativity, entrepreneurship, opening and closing doors, opening doors, relationships, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] Our culture emphasizes having options. We interview in multiple places so that we have options for a place of employment; we interview several candidates for a job to find the right fit with a position. We meet different people for an [...]
Everybody has to grow up!
Posted in life lessons, psychology, relationships on June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today, I had a brief Facebook exchange with a favorite cousin, with whom I grew up in close quarters in New Delhi, but hadn’t spoken to or seen in years. The last I recalled, her two children, a girl and a boy, were very little. (I had seen the girl as a newborn, but I had already moved [...]
The nature of acceptance
Posted in business, career, creativity, existential revelations, health, relationships, spirituality, tagged Acceptance, Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach, The nature of acceptance, Thrive! Falling in Love with Life on April 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
[Adaptated into an essay in my book Thrive! Falling in Love with Life, published Nov 1, 2011.] A few months ago, one of my dearest friends and I were having a conversation about life, the difficulties in practicing architecture independently, the state of the economy (and the nation, and the world…), and a variety of such topics. He seemed [...]
