This article deals with my reasons for taking spirituality seriously. There are right reasons and wrong reasons for spirituality. I suppose the right reasons involve loving God and wanting union with him as also loving your neighbour and wishing him well and wanting to serve him. I am supposing all this because I don’t know. […]
Monthly Archives: June 2025
Save your kids from Disaster
I suppose all people of a certain age have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Or been tempted by drinks or drugs. Much of the distress and upset which causes such drastic action is fear of public opinion. Public opinion – if it turns against you – can make life really miserable. I […]
Letting go of the “I”
I think my last blog has excited some comments in my housing society. Not that this is anything new. I mentioned the above two paras because I need to let go of the whole drama that I have played out in my life. The whole business of being victimized and ostracised and so forth. It […]
I need some Friends
Just a couple of hours ago one gentleman living in my society building greeted me. What is so unusual about this you might ask? It is unusual for me as I am used to being shunned and ignored. I will not dwell again on my being victimized. I have written more than enough on the […]
Dealing with Difficult People
Everyone meets people who don’t like them and whom they don’t like.What should be done to deal with unpleasant people and social situations? According to me the answer lies in three parts: Point three involves exposing yourself to constructive role models and learning from them. This article is about points one and two and it […]
The Sort of Work I am looking for
I remember a meeting I had with a well regarded member of my community who moves around in high society. He is the sort of person who could easily have found me some work simply by calling in a favor from one of his high society friends. This was a social occasion in which many […]