Late night text messages are RUDE!
Is it inappropriate to send WORK EMAILS late at night? It's not rude to send late-night emails. The whole point of the email is that you can send it when it's convenient for you and people can respond when it's convenient for them. Is it inappropriate to send TEXT...
Every Action Has a Reaction
With the Right Intention, Right Action, and Right Words will follow thru. Agree? ~~~~~~ While strolling at a Tibetan Monastery, a lighted-up glass cabin caught my attention. Without thinking twice my foot set forward to the cabin. I put both my hands close to my...
Balance
“The mind is everything. What you think you become”. Gauthama Buddha Right View Right Thought Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration He speaks about embracing the BALANCE in life, both in our action, words, and...
Mothers are like magicians!
I was totally mesmerized by the lights, gold statues, decorations, people, their clothes, languages, and the silent practice around the temple. I could not take my eyes away from the Thanaka paste applied to the people’s faces and arms. I wanted one too 🙂 Staring...
Be the Better Self
I was out on a jungle trail over the weekend …. There were many behaviors just within the same environment. One walks alone in silence enjoying the birds chirping, the noise of the insects, the crawls on the ground, and the wind in the silence. One that plays the...
The B’Day was last week
Birthdays remind us that we’re growing older, they tell us how far we’ve come in life. Just like for others it was a special day for me, celebrating how much I have grown in the past year. Pssst …. No, I was not referring to the weight I have gained but rather life...
Personal Style
The clothes we wear change the way we perform, hence it is always good to “dress the part”. Professional actors wear the right clothes and that transforms the actor into the character! Did you ever notice that when President Barack Obama addresses a crowd of...
What are the disadvantages of not being punctual?
You’ll look like a person that has not planned ahead You’ll lose people’s trust You’ll develop a reputation as being unreliable You’ll look lazy You’ll look like you don’t care enough to be on time You’ll look like you don’t plan ahead You’ll probably get fired or...
The Blame Game
Do you agree we sometimes may live in a culture of blame? People will blame others for their misery, seems like an easy way out! I have once asked my friend during my college days, “Are you avoiding me”? ( I sincerely thought she was jealous of me since I have many...
The “What, Why, & How” of Courtesy
There is a saying “common courtesy,” which is not so common these days. While we were all taught as kids to not answer back or to tone that voice down, as we break free from the shackles of adult supervision we tend to forget these things. It is easy to fall into the...