Category: Random Thoughts
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354/365 Victims and Ideas
Who is a Victim? Someone who is being victimized… pretty clear. Do you stand with the person who is victimized? Here one does not always get the same answer. There are some people who will change who the victim is just because they do not want to stand with the one being victimized. You dig…
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353/365 Is there more intolerance today ?
I sometimes get the feeling that we are living in a world that is getting more intolerant. Especially if we are using Social Media and partaking in heated debates. I recently had one such ongoing back and forth and then I sat back to think about it. And here is what I found. I don’t think it…
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351/365 Intolerance makes us weak
Am I intolerant? is a question I have asked myself a few times. On different contexts I have gotten different answers. There are times when I am very tolerant. Much more than what I would think is healthy. And on other times I would find myself so intolerant and yet not change. I have been…
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340/365 And then it rained and I ran
There is an interesting quote by one of my favorite poets ‘Charles Buckowski’ and it goes like this. ‘People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water’. I read this again a day back and it has been in my mind ever since and I had to write. It is water but one…
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339/365 What is in a name?
Yesterday I shared a picture of my son on Social Media with an award he got for the best performer in a play from his school. His last name is my first name and someone asked me a question. What was my opinion about having the last name as the Father’s name? The person probably…
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336/365 Why do we need to Reinvent ?
The simple answer is because we can. Also the world is changing. What we know is becoming obsolete and insufficient for the future. We have also learned things that are not true any more. Our views that shaped us are also changing. We are still floating on some old stagnant water. It needs to be changed.…
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333/365 Another Mass shooting in United States
All the newsletters I have been subscribing to and the podcasts I listen to have been talking about the Robbs Elementary School shooting last week. On the day of shooting I did not know of it until late in the evening. The reason being I don’t check the news regularly. Some days I don’t even…
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332/365 Why did I slow down when I was reaching the finish line?
Today is post number 332 of my 365 Days Writing project. Well it is no more 365 days because I missed several days between my last post. My last Post was on May 26th and today should have been my 339th post. But I am still at 332. Why did I slow down when I…
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325/365 What I learn while cooking my own food
While cooking teaches us to respect the effort involved, it is more than that. I don’t know about you, but I like to cook. Yes there are times when I don’t feel like doing it. I am not a very planned cook. I am more of a ‘let us try this and see how it…
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322/365 How I wear my Socks and tie my shoe laces
I recently bought a pair of slip ons. That is what I have been wearing more often. But I also have a pair of shoes that have laces. The few days back I picked that up and I put on the right shoe first and started tying the lace. I felt something was not right.…
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