Gerald D'Cunha

  “In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it occasionally." ―  Albert Camus   S haina* has been a regular reader of my blogs. She would comment, too… Sometimes, in the Blogs… sometimes, on FB… and, sometimes, privately on WhatsApp. She had subscribed to the books which I am, presently, putting together from my blog articles (10 beautifully-designed books, one in every three months). About a week ago, I had couriered to her a hard copy of volume 1. Later, I messaged her, a couple of times, to check if she had received the copy. But, there wasn’t any response… I could, also, make out, that she hadn’t checked her messages. So, yesterday, I sent another message to her, “Shaina, is everything ok?” This time, Shaina did reply: “Gerry Sir… I am extremely sorry for being unresponsive. I am ok; and thank you so much for checking on . It means a lot.. I have just been having a very hectic time last few months, both, on the professional and pers...

“A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.” ~Author Unknown I was waiting for my turn, yesterday, in the waiting room of my doctor’s clinic. I had gone there for my routine check-up. To be precise, to see – after making some conscious life-style changes… early morning walks, stretching and pranayama… early dinner… cutting down on non-veg consumption etc and doing away with each and every medicine – yes, after making these conscious changes I wanted to check if there was a significant improvement in my BP, pulse rate, sugar and anxiety levels and, above all, if there was a reduction in my weight – the belly fat! My doctor was thrilled! He declared: “First class… Excellent!!” Well, I wanted to hear that, honestly. I wanted to see if the conscious changes that we bring about – all of them are within our own control and small and simple changes they are – could help us feel great about our inner well-being… Yes, I could see that dir...