A few acquaintances, friends and family members got together recently. There were a few of us “retirees” present. While some had reached their “normal retirement age” some of us had opted to quit work early. It was interesting, after the exchange of initial pleasantries that the only question us retired folks had to contend with …
Tao Te Ching Be like water
Summer has finally arrived and the temperatures are already into the 30s. My wife derives pleasure in developing flower pots filled with different types of colourful annuals to brighten our deck and the front entrance. I contribute by watering the plants and love doing so, because I find it therapeutic. It is as if one …
Fruit laden trees
In his extensive collection Masnavi-i Ma’navi, the Sufi Master Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi alludes to the trees of the field and states, “Every tree that yields no fruit such as the pine and the cypress grows tall and straight, lifting up its head on high and sending all its branches upwards, whereas all the fruit …
Value of a teardrop
On an early spring day much like yesterday, my mentor (late) Professor Singh and I sat on the front patio of his house one afternoon in 2009, enjoying a cup of tea. It was a bright, sunny day with not a single cloud on the clear, pale blue sky. While bright sunlight washed over us, …
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