Gerald D'Cunha

  “In the age of distraction, single-tasking is a superpower.” Greg McKeown   I don’t think, we can accomplish any worthwhile goal in Life, if we lack clarity and focus. And, we cannot expect clarity and focus to be our allies when we are constantly distracted by a hundred ‘useless’ things… ‘Useless things’ are those things which are neither urgent nor important. The more we focus on such things now, the more blurred gets our vision… When we focus on things which are not related to our goals, we are bound to be swayed away from our goals… In Life, our energies, always, flow where our attention goes… What we focus on in Life, it grows… I have been teaching hundreds of young kids for decades. I have noticed this: The bigger their schools and households, sorry to say this, the bigger their distractions… Well, I am aware, that we cannot paint everyone with the same brush… But, then, when these kids are given almost everything at their beck and call, why would they s...

  “Privilege is the blindfold that keeps you from truly seeing the problems of others.” Unknown     O ne of my uncles (mom’s cousin), who is in his late-seventies, was born and brought up in Bombay. He has some inspiring stories relating to his mother (my maternal grandma’s sister). Due to polio, she had a crippled leg. Back then, the poverty in their village had compelled little children to migrate to this city and work as house helps in Fort area. She, eventually, got married and started living in a tiny room in one of those over-inhabited buildings. My uncle fondly narrates to us stories of his mother’s struggle during those days… how she ran a mess to serve hot meals for young bachelors from her village (Mangalore)… how she would provide shelter for many young, poor migrants from Mangalore… how, soon, she would help boys to find a better shelter in a community club, and girls in a hostel etc.… This seemed to be her life-mission. “My sisters and I were very small...