Reflections from the Village Bard
We often think of how to spend our remaining days after retirement.This looks at various options that can enrich your life and give you the satisfaction that you have lived well and have been useful to others in significant ways. One always gets to thinking about old age and what it means. The lucky or…
Rural healer using herbal medicines An African healer with traditional medicines. There are many traditional healers in all parts of the world who render a great service to poor people by…
One thing that is sure in life is getting old at least for most of humanity. Some look forward to it and start preparing for it when they are young. It means you must have the financial security to see you through all your needs in old age that may be mostly health related…
I have thought about writing and discussing the issue of serious mental health problems that bedevil so many people in our society due to many reasons and look into the problems so many people face and how they try to cope with them. In our neighborhood lived a family we knew quite well.…
Amazing bush craft Some people mistakenly think that a tropical forest somewhere can make for a nice adventure for hunting, fishing and making shelter to enjoy nature. A forest can be a…
Aliens holding out a hand We now know that aliens exist, and they frequently visit our planet perhaps to learn more about us but treating them as hostile is wrong so we should welcome them and learn about them in a very friendly manner. They have an immense treasure of knowledge that humanity can…
She was born with a heart of gold and has grown into a beautiful girl who helps the poor in many countries to overcome their social difficulties through her expertise in information technology. She was born on an auspicious day because it was the birthday of Jesus and decided to be born coming out…
Time has different meanings for different people but we all agree that it passes swiftly for some while slowly for others. I emphasize the value of time in our life no matter who we are and how we can make most use of it by leaving behind something for the next generation. I often…
We are remembered positively or negatively or not at all depending on how we have behaved all our life. So what we leave behind does matter to the living who may stop and say a silent prayer over your tombstone someday and say He was a good man who was so humble , so helpful…
Women bathing in the holy river in India It is usually easier to leave than to go back to your home town. People leave for education, for jobs, for getting married or for many other reasons. Some emigrate to other countries where they settle down. Most people who leave find it hard to go back…
We are only custodians We accumulate things all our lives and do not know what to do with them when we die yet we are reluctant to part with the…
Allure of credit card Credit cards are now as common as flies everywhere. People cant seem to live without it. The society demands it, the business people demand it, the capitalistic system…
A woman is forced to drink in a party It is common knowledge that peer pressure often makes people drink for the first time so it becomes easier from then on. While not everyone doing so…
We all experience in our lives the wrongs that have been done to us at some time that is like a festering wound that seldom heals. Buddha taught us that it is the bliss of forgiveness that extricates us from the hurt feelings and gives us peace. I admired the late…
We are often surprised by certain coincidences in our life and we wonder if there is a coincidence or if it is planned by a higher authority, so that we are only pawns in the game of life. Its something to consider. Some people say that there is no such thing as coincidence…
Time means different things to different people. Some value it while others do not. This focuses on what is important in life that people should prioritize and spend more time on.Do you often think how time passes for you either too quickly or slowly? Do you often feel that you want to…
The joys of life can be found in simple things that can bring a ray of sunshine in otherwise humdrum life of people . We often forget that basically we are social animals and can learn to enjoy the company of others so I discuss how simple pranks can leave an indelible impression…
We all experience the emotional parting of friends and relatives during our lifetime. True and close friends make parting more difficult because of the uncertainty that we may never see them again as life itself is uncertain. We never know if we will see them again so cherish their friendship that is so rare. …
Some people cannot make up their mind on anything quickly so they procrastinate because they always seek the easy way out of their conundrums. This post analyses the reasons and a way to break this habit that bedevils so many people. Procrastination is very common among people who can never decide what to…
Roswell incidence of an alien craft crash landed We are always mystified by what we do not know about the universe and its origin, about distant planets and the new ones that are forming so being curious we have put the Hubble telescope in space to see and observe our universe. We send space…