‘Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.’ – Helen Keller (1880-1968); an American author, lecturer, and activist. She was deaf and blind at the age of 19 months due to an illness, yet
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1861). He was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. DURING my childhood, I knew a man who
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.“ Nelson Mandela (1918-2013). He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist. I remember two brothers who were close to my family in the late 1950s. This was around the time
IMAGINE: What if you were unable to forget anything? What if you constantly remember every detail of every moment of your life? I posed these questions on an online forum a while back and some smart but argumentative members had a field day with the notion. From them, I learned
‘In matters of the heart, beauty is subjective and resides in the eye of the beholder.’ – Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855 – 1897). She is best known for her popular quote, ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, which she coined in her novel ‘Molly Bawn’ published in 1878.
‘Grief can be the garden of compas-sion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom’ —Rumi (also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, a 13th-century Persian poet “WE discussed our plans for the next day
‘The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.’ – F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940). Fitzgerald was a novelist widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He is
‘In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins – not through strength but by perseverance.’ – H. Jackson Brown Jr (1940 – Present); an American author best known for his book ‘Life’s Little Instruction Book’, which is a collection of advice, observations, and life lessons
One night, sometime in the late 1950s, when I was just a tot, I found myself staring at the flame of a kerosene lamp. I still remember it more than six decades later because it was a life-changing moment. Out of the blue, a particular thought came to me. How
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