Please read this carefully and get your son or daughter to read it too (where possible, or preserve to practise). This post is about what happened in a typical middle-class household. The son didn’t like living in his father’s house. This was because of his father’s constant ‘nagging’: “You are leaving the room without switching off the fan” “The TV is on in the room where there is no one. Switch it off!” “Keep the pen in the stand; it is fallen down” The son didn’t like his father nagging him for these minor things. He had to tolerate these…
The anointing of the sick is comfort and healing
What is anointing g of the sick? Anointing of the Sick is that sacrament which manifests God’s great love for humanity. Anointing of the Sick helps to unite those who are suffering from God because they receive forgiveness for their sins and comfort in their suffering. The anointing is a sacrament of those who are suffering Suffering is a part of life, but when it is united to that of Jesus it becomes bearable. Anointing reminds us that God wants to comfort every human person and to relieve pain whether one is seriously ill, injured, or elderly. The oil of…
Towards teamwork amid physical distancing
Times have changed. We now live in pandemic times. It started as Coronavirus, evolved into a pandemic, and now a keep a mask on your face virus. Now more than ever, people are the real asset that can make a break a company in times like these. Not finance. Not technology. Not lots of machinery. The most powerful tool that transforms organizations is people working as a team. The ability to have all people in their respective departments rowing the canoe in the same direction is the key differentiator between a successful organization and a mediocre one. Teamwork is…
Are you innovative or creative? Which is which?
A story is told that at the height of the space program, both Soviet and American Astronauts faced a big challenge. How to take notes when in space which has no gravity rendering the normal pens fail to work since the ink cannot flow. You can try to test it now with any pen in your hands. Try to place a paper on the wall, at a position higher than your head. Lift a pen and try to write on that paper overhead. At first, the ink will write. However, after two minutes, it will stop writing with consistency. That…