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Heal the world Make it a better place For you and for me, and the entire human race There are people dying If you care enough for the living Make a better place for you and for me. ( From Michael Jackson's 'Heal the World') How can I heal the world? How can I make it a better place for you and for me? How can I do my bit? Generosity - Nobody likes a miser. I try and give  of my time, talents and money to the best of my ability. It is not easy but I am rewarded with good will which is so precious and which is good for health. I needn't donate huge sums of money. I needn't hoard. I give away stuff, I know I will never use. Basically, I make someone happy and I feel happy to have made someone happy.  2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful gi...

As a  child, I didn't' really have any dreams and aspirations about what I wanted to be when I grew up. Childhood consisted mainly making full vasool of playtime and devoting some time to lessons and text books after being hollered at by the parents. I was hopeless at both Science and Mathematics. There was no way that I would grow up to be a doctor or engineer or have a career related to any of those subjects. My parents were both voracious readers and instilled in me a love for books.    A Basketful of Surprises by Enid Blyton gifted to me by dad, is a book I can clearly remember reading. There was no turning back as I turned into a voracious reader, reading various genres  from detective to romance, skipping horror and science fiction.   Somewhere along the way, in my late teens I began dreaming of becoming a journalist. Somehow I saw it as a very glamorous and exciting job. The long hours that I would have to...

  Fight When you fight To show your muscle and might It could turn into an awful sight Fight for what you think is right. 

  It's that time of the year when Santa is making his list of 'naughty and nice'and you   besides getting the Christmas tree and lights out, somewhere at the back of your mind are toying with resolutions to be made  for the New Year.  Your resolutions will be as valid as you want them to be. Even as the shine of the new year dulls and you trudge on determined to see at least one resolution through, you are winning. Its okay to fail and to fall but as long as you don't give in to,'spirit is willing but flesh is weak' your resolutions are valid.  So its you and only you who make the resolution valid or invalid.  This post is part of BlogchatterBlogHop and links it to Blogchatter. 

Four decades have winged by;  Since I crossed a T and dotted an I Within the portals of Sacred Heart High.  Looking back with so much nostalgia  I sift through my memorabilia  And thro’the past I let my mind wander…   Standing in line for morning assembly at 9  Drill, athletics, mathematics That sometimes caused a dreadful colic.  Rotation and Revolution Fractions and chemical reactions  Not Everyone's cup of tea. Yes I remember ol’ Allauddin Khiliji!   ‘March Past Eliminations'examinations  At the time, matters of great consternation! Elocution and debates always on our plates. Sports Day, Hip-hip Hurray! Who’s going to carry the cup away? Kho-Kho, Kabbadi Weren't they favourites of everybody! Singing ditties was so much fun.   Like those lunches we shared beneath the sun… Teachers strict, yet always kind The ones who helped us get thro’ the grind – “Love Conquers All”, they reiterated Lifetime val...

  Life knocks you down time and again, rings you dry. There are days when all seems well with the world and there are days when nothing seems right. What might get you through those nightmarish days?What serves as your band aid?  Music helps me take on the lemons tha t  life has been pelting at me, left, right and centre.  Josh Groban's 'You Raise  Me Up' urges me to keep the faith even when my world is falling apart. Lynda Randle's God on the mountain tells me that the God on the mountain is also God of the valley.... And sometimes I just wanna dance...I just wanna have fun with the Vengaboys...dance my blues away. This post is prt of Blogchatterbloghop link. 

A picture is worth a thousand words. When the above picture went viral, it received brickbats and bouquets.   At face value, the picture is nothing but heartwarming. The children are as happy can be.  The real smartphone eludes them, but they make the best use of what they have and find happiness in whatever comes their way, even if it is a slipper. We, adults, spend our lives hankering for more...bigger, better, fancier...it goes on and on.  Making the most of what you have is what happiness is really about.