Gerald D'Cunha

  “Running a marathon with a backpack is tough and may hinder you from winning the race. Don’t let the baggage of your past   - heavy with fear, guilt and anger – slow you down.” Maddy Malhotra   T here is a couple I know. They are in their mid-seventies. Everyone who knows them says, that they never fight, never even argue… The husband, particularly. Well, because several people say that, including the grown-up children of this couple, I have to swallow my doubt about it. I am compelled to believe, that there is a sizable number of humans on this planet, who behave gently even when things don’t go right in their lives… I said, “When things don’t go right in their lives”… Didn’t I? When things go right – when we are not challenged – it’s easy for all of us to behave gently – speak gently and act gently… That’s easy. But, when our chips are down – when things don’t go the   way we want them to – yes, that’s when our character is tested… Remember the ...

  “Real dishes break. That’s how you know they are real.” Marty Rubin   S ome of my most powerful experiences have sprung from my most vulnerable moments. Just as I feel love in my bosoms when the walls around my heart collapse… Just as I feel the touch of God’s hand when I go on my knees… Just as I feel the freedom in my soul when I say ‘I forgive you’… Just as I feel cleansed when I say ‘I am sorry’… Just as I feel happiest, noblest and strongest when I say ‘I need help.” I am what I am because of my tender side… the side which is very, very fragile… the side which gets hurt, anxious, insecure, yearns, dreams, cries, prays, and, above all, hopes and soars… just as every man and woman, here on this planet, does… S ome days ago, a mother, who was present during one of our Personality Development programmes along with her young one, sent me a message, a few hours after the session… “Thank you Sir. I really, really loved your session. You are imparting valu...