Gerald D'Cunha

I f someone says ‘Sorry’ to you because you insist or ask that person to say ‘Sorry’… then, that person is not sorry at all. Doesn’t it make sense? So, this morning, I found myself telling this young girl, a twelfth-standard student, “Now, before you go, say ‘Sorry’.” “Sorry sir,” the young girl said looking down… “ Beta , look at me and say, ‘Sorry’,” I gently insisted. She did… Was I satisfying my own ego? Was I forcing her to say something she did not want to? This girl was to write a test yesterday along with her group. When I did not see her in the class, I called her… The phone was ringing, but she was not taking my call. I left a message, asking her to revert… No response. There was another girl, who, too, was absent… The same story repeated. After the class, I asked their friends to leave a message in their group that the two girls had to call me… A few hours later, the second girl did. They had Board exams com...

“A hunter, who has only one arrow, does not shoot with careless aim.” In life, the accountability comes only when we realize the limitations within which we are expected to operate. The Law of Abundance makes sense only when we respect the limitations set upon us… when we respect them. A dear student did not respond to my last evening’s message… Just a while ago, she called me to say, “Sir, I am very sorry for not replying… There was no balance!” But, it doesn’t mean, she comes from a poor family… In fact, it is to the contrary! Even if I possess with me a credit card with which I am able to have a good time now, I know the consequences of blowing the money that way. Once bitten, twice shy…! Many of us have learnt this precious truth the hard way…and, therefore, we think a hundred times before flashing cards crazily anywhere. The car that I drive may run at 200 kmh, even 400. But, I know where I am driving…...