Gerald D'Cunha

  “Abundance is not what you hold in your hand. Rather, it’s what you have in your heart. Until we realize this, both will feel empty.” Graig D. Lounsbrough   T he more I feel grateful for Life and its privileges, the more peaceful I become. This life is a true gift, a blessing. And, I say this not as a cliche… Life ‘is’ a gift… “Thank you, Lord”! When I truly feel grateful to God for this life and its privileges, reaching out to people in need – not necessarily through money – becomes easier. We give joyfully and we give with our blessings, too. Sometimes, when I sit alone near the vast sea, watching the setting sun and swiftly-changing hues on the sky, listening to the rhythm of the waves, I get to realize how vast and kind this Universe is… I get to realize how abundant the Life is! So, when I reach out to someone, through whatever manner, what I am truly able to experience inside me is, that the Universe within me can only keep growing. I am able to realize...

Pic.: Girish Gupta “ But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing .” - Jesus Christ H ave you heard about a man called Nicholas Winton? Most probably, you haven’t... At least, I hadn’t. Last week, Ganesh Waran, one of my friends, who lives in Australia , had posted a BBC video-clip about this man... It was then I learnt, that he was one of the true unsung-heroes of World War – 2 times. Then, I got hooked on to his stories... searched more about him and learnt this: Nicholas Winton was a handsome young-man, had a smooth-going life in England ... Just before the War broke out, he had been on a holiday to Czechoslovakia , and, then, was left caught up, there, to accomplish the most unlikely mission of his life... He ended up saving the lives of 669 children, by secretly arranging to transport them to England . The parents of these children, mostly Jews, who knew what fate awaited al...

Pic.: Neerja Panchal A t our home, there was this Bible-reading every night. Too often, we used to   read the passage: ‘Let your left hand not know what your right hand gives.” Yet, countless times, we would hear our parents yell at us: “We have done so much sacrifice for you, and, in return…” I neither understood Christ’s words, nor the outburst of   my parents… I was immune to both! When I became an adult, I, too, used to help others, a hundred times… and, later, I would grumble and crib about it, just the way my parents did… Now, when I read the passage from the Bible, I understand its significance, its relevance. S acrifice can be done only in silence… Be it my weekly fast or the occasional charity; Be it towards my children or my partner, or, towards my nation… Yes, Sacrifice is giving in gladness… As ...