I still stumble across this rather touching poem “Father Forgets” by W. Livingston Larned whenever I read the book ” How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie. it’s something one should sit down and think about from time to time, if one has kids of his own… Here’s the full poem “FatherContinue reading “Father forgets”
Author Archives: Shiyam Marooz
Live and let live
Suppose an average human life in today’s world is not more than 60 years. If you analyse the break-up of activities associated with these 60 years of your life, you can see that it more or less matches with the following: 12 Years in Working 22 Years in Sleeping 04 Years in Routine Travelling 05Continue reading “Live and let live”
Mind World
The impression that is made upon our mind has quite a different character from the impression that is made upon objects. Whatever impression our mind takes it not only holds as a stone holds an impression, but it produces the same several times in a moment, thus keeping it a living impression. And it isContinue reading “Mind World”
Bend it like Bekham
No I’m not going to talk about world`s famous football player BEKHAM. There are people in India who can bend better than Bekham. In India you will see people standing upon their heads, walking upon their hands, standing on one foot for hours. A person may say, “What a crazy practice! Of what use canContinue reading “Bend it like Bekham”
Magnetism
I thought of sharing a note about what I have observed & experienced among men & women. You will be amazed to know how the magnetism works among human. The subject of magnetism as interesting as it is from a scientific point of view, so interesting, or still more interesting, it is from a mysticalContinue reading “Magnetism”
My faith vs your faith
Once some blind men were very anxious to see an elephant. So a kind man one day took them to see one. There, standing by its side, he said, “Now, here is the elephant, see what you can make of it.” Each one tried to make out by touch what the elephant looked like, andContinue reading “My faith vs your faith”
Belief and Disbelief
A Businessman who lost everything in a fire placed a Sign Board: “Everything burnt but luckily faith & confidence undamaged. Business starts tomorrow” Belief is natural and disbelief is unnatural, for belief is born in man and unbelief is acquired. If the child had been born with unbelief, he would not even have learned theContinue reading “Belief and Disbelief”
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover
Nature is born, character is built, and personality is developed. If nature is such, then it is not easy to change a person’s nature. Neither can a dog be made into a horse nor can a cat be made into a cow. Sadi says, ‘The kitten in the end proves to be a kitten. EvenContinue reading “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”
Our likes and dislikes
Think for a moment. Whatever is continuous disappears from our perception, whereas anything that is momentarily tangible becomes visible to us. This is shown when we start a journey on a train or boat. At first the noise of the engines is almost unbearable, but as we go on we get accustomed to it, soContinue reading “Our likes and dislikes”
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton