Gerald D'Cunha

“Even God doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?”  ―  Dale Carnegie O f the hundreds of things that we get to watch on social media, particularly FB, I long to watch the most are… the videos of little babies and pets! Wow, how clean, warm and enriching they are! The more I watch them, the more I get connected to the baby within me – my core… my innocence… that clean, affectionate and trusting space within my soul… And, then, on the same screen, I, also, get to watch hundreds of videos - of debates, news items, propaganda stories – which clearly cut me off from that clean space within… In seconds, I can feel within my soul that heaviness, that discomfort… and, I wonder where it comes from… I see myself disconnected… Mind taking sides… I can sense within me the bias, the prejudice, and, importantly, I can easily trace my words, actions and behaviour which stem from that space… Am I a prejudi...

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.”  ―  Brené Brown W hat comes from our care and concern and what comes from our insensitivity and hatred? What comes from our faith and buoyant spirit and what comes from our fear and insecurities? What comes from our patience, tolerance and forgiving spirit and what comes from our impatience, intolerance and mercilessness? Well, others may not come to know as to where they come from (in us)… But, we do. Agreed: We come to know only in our ‘awareness’… when our hearts are not clouded with prejudice. One of the most reassuring truths about Life is, that the world we live in and people we live with are all ‘imperfect’. The world includes ‘me’. Hence, the truth starts from me: I am imperfect. Still, I tend to forget this reality and expect people around me to behave the way I expect them to. Do I behave, always, ...