Live Fully Always

I recollect the legendary story of Pied Piper as that depicts the sentiments of today’s parents. In that story, the Piper was able to create a spell on the mice through his magical pipe. The mice without any resistance followed the Piper to the river and got drowned. Parents want their kids to listen to their every word and religiously follow their direction without any questions. Indeed in the good old days back in India, this wish of parents got fulfilled. In today’s world, the biggest complaint of the parents is that the kids don’t listen to them. The kids have a mind of their own even when they are a toddler. Then why will they use the mind of their parents? Parents want kids to take their advice because they have experience and wisdom. Unfortunately telling the kids, ‘I know better’, does not help but makes matter worse. Should parents let go of their pure wish to help kids in avoiding mistakes because they know from their experience? Ego will certainly make parents not want to ...

In today’s world many people are able to afford a family vacation to exotic places. The main intent of the vacation is to build stronger relationship by spending more time with each other. The reality is quite different from it as most people end up having even more closer relationship with their devices. A restaurant is typically filled with people not in active conversation or enjoying the food, but people busy lost in their devices. Rarely will you see people conversing with each other. Even if they do it is for a short time and then they are back on their device. Sadly it might be better this way because holiday season is the peak time for filing divorces as a result of spouses spending more time with each other. Isn’t it an irony that instead of the relationship getting healed, spending time is causing divorces? We live in a fictitious world that overall relationship is okay and avoid addressing the conflicts that are growing steadily. A little time with each other shows us clear...