The Walk in the Rain—-January, 2016

She turned her eyes again to the rain. Unrelenting, persistent rain. Three and a half days of rain, and it was still going, drop by drop, and then many drops together, forming a veil, blurring the vision. No, no vision of a carefree walk in the park; the water in the puddles would splash and stain…

Contemplation, and how it is almost lost – September, 2015

It is a word many have almost lost; even if it appears occasionally, its meaning is insignificant or has become obscure to post-modern people. Contemplation is deep, serious and quiet thoughts for a period of time. It is purposeful and it requires total concentration of the person undergoing it. We are trained to multi-task by highly advanced…

Year-End Musings—December, 2014

The Chinese proverb says, “An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.” So how valuable is time? And how should we ponder upon time? We tend to grieve about the loss of time at the end of a year. we glance through the…