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Tag Archives: Life
Open Heart
As a student, seeing my first heart surgery was a profound experience. This Monday’s Poem of the Week does a remarkable job of capturing the mystery and the magic of this remarkable organ on which we all critically depend. Open … Continue reading
Humility
Humility Humility is a character trait most of us tend to admire about another person. Ideally, it comes from the recognition that a great deal of rewards, honors and riches we accumulate over time are not necessarily due to our … Continue reading
Posted in America, Ethics, Relatioships, Thoughts & Musings
Tagged Humility, Life, Philosophy
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Project Clog
How many of us are unaffected by rush hour traffic, looming deadlines, personal and family demands, emails waiting for response? Not many, sad to say. Which is the reason why the following poem from my brilliant friend Dave strikes so … Continue reading
Posted in America, Humor, Mental Health, Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Time
Tagged Life, Life balance, Philosophy, Traffic
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Stress
I have some VIP visitors coming and going for the next six weeks, so here is piece from the Archives. Stress A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,Raised a glass of water and asked“How heavy is this glass … Continue reading
Posted in America, friendship, Happiness, Health and wellness, Humor, Relatioships, Thoughts & Musings
Tagged Aphorisms, Coping, Life, Philosophy, Stress
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Careers and Life
Medicine makes a lot of demands on those who chose to follow its calling. For most, the personal sacrifices are an unavoidable price that has to be paid. For others, the long hours provide an acceptable excuse for avoiding some … Continue reading
Posted in America, Happiness, Health and wellness, Medicine, Poetry, Science, Thoughts & Musings
Tagged Careers, Life, Life balance
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Maps
It’s Monday again, and time for another installment in the Poetry on Monday series. Here is another piece by my favorite poet in a series about traveling through Europe. Hope you enjoy the journey. map this dot is Paris. this … Continue reading
The Four Pillars of Happiness
I’ve written of The Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest running study of happiness, ongoing since 1938, in my previous blog. The main and inescapable conclusion of this study is that the single best predictor of a person’s happiness … Continue reading
Posted in America, Family, friendship, Happiness, Health and wellness, Thoughts & Musings
Tagged Ghandi, Life, Lifestyle, Mark Twain, Nelson Mandela, Philosophy, Victor Frankl
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Ready…Set…
It’s another Poetry Monday, and one more from the series called Maps by my favorite poet. Hope you are all surviving the heat. Our A/C chose a bad time to go on the fritz. departure that night train crouching … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Life, Lifestyle, Philosophy
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JOY
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. – Rabindranath Tagore My other favorite quote from this wise Bengali poet: You can’t cross the sea … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Health and wellness, Poetry, Southeast Asia, Thoughts & Musings, Uncategorized
Tagged Life, Lifestyle, Philosophy
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