A Letter from my grandfather As painful as it was, my grandfather’s death, in effect, gave my life a new meaning, somehow helping me morph into a completely new person. He passed away in 1992 while asleep in my aunt’s house. He was 73. A couple of days before his…

The Fourth Stitch Principle: A Story from my Grandfather ‘Long ago,’ my grandfather said one day, ‘before the introduction of mass production and the advent of shoe factories, people had to go to shoemakers to make them shoes.’ As a child, I always loved to know about what life was…

Dear World Leaders, I know you’re awfully busy, dealing with highly important matters of your people. I know your secretaries are following you briefing you on the long list of events and meetings you are scheduled to attend. I know you are smiling at everyone in your office, wishing them…

I was utterly pissed off. I had lost the opportunity to study at one of the best schools in the city, one that everyone dreamed of, simply because I had missed the entrance exam. I locked myself up in my bedroom, crying, punching the wall and cursing my bad luck…

A lesson from my grandfather My grandpa loved walking in the rain, especially when it drizzled, so did I as his sole companion. I still do. He believed buying an umbrella is an insult to the benevolent sky. Under the rain, he looked like the messiah preaching his own gospel…

Once upon a time, there lived a group of people in a small village near a beautiful forest. Almost all people made a living on farming. They were nice diligent peasants who would wake up at dawn to work on their farms and graze their sheep and cows all day…

We all seem to be stuck in a rut, entangled in tight schedules to get more jobs done, make more money, and fulfill more ambitions. We tend to rush from activity to activity, doing whatever it takes to make our lives better and better. How can we keep ourselves in…

‘Everything you see in this world has a function to serve, son.’ My grandfather told me when he heard me talking behind some kids at school. ‘Let’s take a walk in the apple orchard again.’ His apple orchard was a sanctuary for me, where I could stay away from the…

Some foolproof ways to get rid of feelings of inadequacy Everyone goes through feelings of inadequacy from time to time, although such annoying feelings are more frequent for some of us. The fact is feeling inadequate is commonly experienced by all people, even by those we view as accomplished, gorgeous…